MoneyMagpie Editor and financial expert Vicky Parry explores which remote jobs almost anyone can do from home to get some extra income
If you want to make 2025 your richest year yet, you might need to think about starting a new job or finding a part-time role to supplement your salary.
The good news is that thanks to technology, loads of jobs can now be done remotely from home, and many are flexible hours, too. As long as you have time to include other essentials in your life outside of work such as family, friends, chores (boring but necessary) and wellbeing time, consider taking up one of these remote work from home jobs to live a richer life.
Online tutoring
If you have a passion for a subject like maths, or you’re a stickler for grammar, an online tutoring job could be perfect for you. You might need to take an online course such as Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) to qualify for some of these roles, but it will be worth it when you can work when you like!
Online tutoring jobs are popular in particular with students from other countries. For example, teaching English from home can be done on all kinds of time zones – it’s a language people from all over the world want to learn. In fact, working across different time zones can suit anyone who wants their tutoring job as a supplementary income, as you can work weekends and evenings.
There are plenty of online tutoring jobs online, with rates starting around £20 up to £50+ an hour depending on your experience and the level you’re teaching. Use job sites like Reed, Indeed, and RemoteUK to find them.
Customer service agent
Did you know that many businesses now employ customer service operators working from home? If you have a quiet location to be able to talk on the phone all day, or you’re a super-fast typist great at web chats, this could be for you.
While AI chatbots are great for sorting basic questions from customers, often a real human is still required to sort out any issues. A customer service operative will need to be able to pay attention to detail, log call information, and find solutions to help customers. If you’re great on the phone or you can answer questions fast on an online chat, this could be for you.
Data entry clerk
While technology makes recording data easier than ever, humans still need to manage that data. This is a great part-time job to supplement your income, as the hours are often flexible.
You need to have a precise eye with great attention to detail, be able to learn new software, and have patience to look at huge data sets and spreadsheets during your working hours. Being fast at typing, great at Excel (or other data management software), and even knowing some handy keyboard shortcuts will help you manage this job with ease.
Marketing assistant or executive
Most marketing jobs don’t need to be done from an office these days. They also don’t always need to be full-time – although if you’re looking for a full-time remote job, there are plenty in this field. There is also the option to branch out and set up your own side hustle as a freelancer and find your own clients.
Many small companies need part-time marketing support for things like handling their social media, managing marketing campaigns and contests, and coming up with new ways to promote their service or product. You may need to be great at writing engaging copy or have an eye for design if you want to get ahead – but these skills can be learned, starting with free courses from sites like Alison and FutureLearn.
Market research
Companies always want to know more about their customers, whether they serve other businesses or the general public. Market research is often done by online surveys these days – but there are also people who want what’s called a qualitative interview, which is where participants get to expand on their answers to questions with more than just a yes/no or numbered score.
Market researchers need to have great people skills and patience, as some people will talk a lot more than others! They need to be good at taking notes and pulling out the interesting or relevant quotes.
Researcher
If you don’t want to work in market research, you could be another type of researcher. This might be business intelligence, where you read industry studies and trends and create reports for businesses to inform their sales strategies. Or, it could be a factual researcher for publications – checking the background facts of articles, for example.
TV shows use researchers to look into the details of things like historical accuracy, or on soaps researchers can look back through the archives to make sure a character’s story is consistent. Research in any form requires an inquisitive mind and an interest in building a picture from data. You need to know how to find information beyond Google – lateral thinking can work well here, and being great with people is a bonus if you will be interviewing experts.
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