Amazon beats Google, Apple and Microsoft on salary packages to junior employees in the UK

Amazon has emerged as the highest paying tech firm for junior employees in the UK, according to research by Emolument.com, a crowdsourced salary comparison website headquartered in London. At the entry level, an Amazon recruit could receive a total annual remuneration package of £90,000 (?114,838, $131,501), of which £75,000 would be in salary while the remaining would be the bonus component.

Apple came in second where the package for a similar position was found to be £83,000 of which £72,000 was in salary and the remaining £11,000 was bonus. Google stood third. Its remuneration offerings for junior employees were revealed to be £59,000 in salary and £14,000 in bonus.

This article was published in International Business Times, 30th April, 2016