GCHQ, B&Q and Swindon Borough Council are among some of the employers with adverts on the pinboard at Swindon's Jobcentre.

They join the likes of Zurich, Pets At Home and Sterling Recruitment who are also seeking staff through the Princes Street-based recruitment centre.

Swindon Jobcentre team leader Julie Marshall said that although the Christmas rush for temporary staff was now over, the employment market remained buoyant, and the centre had a number of different roles they were eagerly seeking to fill.

Among some of the opportunities being advertised there at the moment are information specialists at the Cheltenham-based Government listening station GCHQ. Swindon building society Nationwide is also recruiting, while the council has also sent adverts live for jobs within its library service.

Despite the Christmas shopping rush being over, retailers such as Pets At Home, Sainsbury's and B&Q are all recruiting for various roles.

Julie said: "Demand for retail staff has slightly dropped, but we also have Sainsbury's who are looking for delivery drivers. Most employers are seeking people with good customer service skills and time management, especially in roles like this.

"Swindon Borough Council has been given the green light for a £260million leisure centre complex [the Oasis] to be built in the next three years, so we will be expecting quite a lot of opportunities there too."

Other roles on offer at the moment include positions with Thames Valley Police, The National Trust and Thames Water who are all recruiting .

The new roles come as latest figures for the centre showed an increase in the number of job seekers claiming Universal Credit. For December there were 220 more people aged between 18 and 24 claiming the benefit compared to last year, bringing the total to 575 young adults. But this does mark a decline of 455 on the same period five years ago.

Overall, there are 2825 people claiming Universal Credit in Swindon, which is an increase 1070 on last year, but a decline of 1036 on the same period five years ago.

Julie added that more and more jobs were being advertised online than ever before. "It is definitely the way forward, and with job application forms too, employers definitely seem to prefer that. You still see the occasional job advertised in a shop window, but they are few and far between now. Everything is pointing to online."

The Jobcentre is gearing up to host a campaign day on Wednesday that will see a number of recruiters come in to the centre to interview prospective employees for roles within the transport and logistics sector.

Julie added: "We have a lot going on for January."