Remote Jobs Right Now: What's Hiring, What Pays, and Where to Look

The short version: Remote hiring is alive but pickier than it was in 2022. Customer success, tech support, copywriting, bookkeeping, and AI-adjacent roles are the sweet spots right now. Know where to look and stop mass-applying on LinkedIn.

I get asked some version of "where do I find remote jobs right now" about four times a week. In DMs, in my newsletter replies, from people I meet at events. And I get it, because the honest answer keeps changing.

Two years ago the answer was "point at anything, it's all remote." Now it's more complicated. Some companies are pulling people back into offices. Others never stopped hiring remotely. A few are quietly building fully distributed teams while their PR team says something vague about "flexible working." The signal is messy.

So here is what I am seeing in the market right now, based on what I read, what clients tell me, and what I see when I look at job boards with real intention rather than just scrolling.

The honest state of remote hiring in 2025

Remote is not dead. It is just no longer the default assumption. You have to be more deliberate about finding companies that are committed to it rather than ones listing "remote" as a tick-box while expecting you to show up to the London or Manchester office twice a week.

Here is the split I am observing:

• US-based companies are still the most aggressive remote hirers, especially for contract and freelance roles
• UK companies are mostly hybrid now, with full remote usually reserved for senior specialist roles
• Israeli tech companies (I work with a few clients there) are very actively hiring remote, particularly for marketing, ops, and sales
• Startups at the seed and Series A stage tend to be more remote-friendly than big corporates trying to justify their office leases

The roles with the best remote availability right now are not necessarily the ones people chase. Everyone wants to be a "social media manager" or a "content creator." Those roles exist but they are wildly competitive and often pay badly. The money is elsewhere.

The roles worth going after right now

Customer success and onboarding specialists

SaaS companies need people to make sure their customers do not churn. This is a strong remote market right now. Entry-level pays around $40,000 to $55,000 US, mid-level with a couple of years under your belt gets you to $65,000 to $85,000, and senior roles or those at well-funded startups can go higher. In the UK you are looking at roughly 28,000 to 50,000 GBP depending on the company. Companies actively hiring in this space include HubSpot, Intercom, Zendesk, and hundreds of smaller SaaS businesses you have never heard of.

Bookkeeping and virtual accounting

Nobody talks about this one enough. Qualified bookkeepers working remotely are in consistent demand. If you have experience with Xero, QuickBooks, or FreeAgent you can find freelance clients easily, or go through platforms like Bench (US-focused) or Coconut. Rates for freelance bookkeeping sit around 25 to 45 GBP per hour in the UK, and US freelancers on Upwork often charge $30 to $60 per hour once they have a few reviews.

AI prompt engineering and AI operations

This is the new thing and it is real. Companies are hiring people to manage, test, and improve their AI workflows. Scale AI, Remotasks, and Appen all post this kind of work regularly. Pay varies enormously, from $15 per hour for basic data labelling tasks to $50 to $100 per hour for senior prompt engineering work at companies building AI products. If you have any marketing, writing, or technical background, this is worth learning.

Copywriting and content strategy

Not "content creator" in the TikTok sense. I mean B2B copywriting, email sequences, landing pages, product descriptions, SaaS blog content. This pays well and remote is completely normal. Starting out you might earn $500 to $1,500 per month freelancing. Once you have a niche and some results to show, $4,000 to $8,000 per month is realistic and I know writers earning considerably more. Platforms like Superpath and the Workroom community are worth joining if you want to meet commissioning editors.

Virtual executive assistance

High-end EA work done remotely for founders and executives. Not the same as basic admin. This means managing complex diaries, communications, some project coordination, and often handling tasks that require real judgement. Good remote EAs earn 35,000 to 55,000 GBP in the UK or $50,000 to $80,000 in the US. Agencies like Boldly and Time Etc place people in these roles if you want a route in without cold pitching.

Tech support and IT helpdesk

Not glamorous but reliably remote. Companies with distributed teams need distributed support. CompTIA A+ or similar certifications help. Entry roles pay around $35,000 to $50,000 US and scale from there. UK equivalent is around 22,000 to 35,000 GBP at the entry level.

Where to look

Stop spending most of your time on LinkedIn if you are looking for remote roles. It is fine for networking but the job board itself is a feeding frenzy. Here is where I would spend my time instead:

• We Work Remotely - one of the oldest and most focused remote job boards, particularly strong for tech, marketing, and customer support
• Remote OK - skews technical but has expanded, good for seeing what companies are hiring right now at a glance
• Himalayas - newer and well-curated, I like this one because it filters aggressively and shows company culture information clearly
• Working Nomads - good for digital marketing and communications roles
• Jobspresso - smaller, but the listings tend to be remote rather than wink-remote
• Contra - for freelance and independent contractor work, US-focused but worth it

I would also look directly at the careers pages of companies you know are fully remote. Automattic, Basecamp, GitLab, Doist, and Buffer all operate this way and they post roles directly.

The thing most people get wrong

They apply to everything and pitch nothing. Mass applying is a waste of your energy. You are competing against hundreds of people for every listed role, and most of those people have the same CV structure, the same cover letter tone, and the same LinkedIn profile setup.

What works better is narrowing down to ten to fifteen companies you want to work for, following their hiring announcements, engaging with the people who work there, and reaching out to hiring managers or founders with a specific, short message about a problem you could help with.

It feels slower. It is faster.

I know someone who landed a 70,000 GBP fully remote marketing director role by sending twelve targeted messages over three weeks. She had been applying to job boards for three months with nothing. Same person. Different approach.

A word on the "remote-first" lie

Check the job description carefully. "Remote" now often means one of these things:

• Remote within commuting distance of our office (meaningless)
• Remote but we hire in these three US states only
• Remote for now, return to office expected Q3
• Remote for the role but your clients are local so you will travel

Look for the words "fully distributed," "async-first," or "no office." Those companies mean it more than ones that just write "remote" in the location field.

And if you are UK-based applying to US companies, check whether they hire internationally at all before you spend time on an application. Many do not, for tax and legal reasons, though some will bring you on as a contractor via a service like Deel or Remote.com.

What I'm Seeing When I Post a Remote Role

I hired a part-time content manager back in March and the process taught me more about the current remote market than any report could. I posted the role on a Tuesday morning, kept the salary band visible (28,000 to 34,000 GBP pro rata), and had 214 applications within five days. Roughly 40 of those were clearly copy-paste applications sent to hundreds of listings the same week. That is the reality right now: the good roles get flooded fast, and hiring managers are skimming, not reading.

The applications that got a reply from me had three things in common. First, the subject line or opening line referenced something specific about my business, not just "remote work" in general. Second, the person included a link to a live piece of work rather than a PDF portfolio nobody opens. Third, they answered a question I hadn't asked, usually something like how they'd structure their week without daily check-ins, which told me they understood remote work is a discipline, not a perk. Out of 214 applicants, maybe 9 did this.

If you're job hunting right now, here's what I'd change based on sitting on the other side of the inbox:

• Apply within the first 48 hours of a posting going live. After that you're competing with volume, not quality.
• Skip the generic cover letter entirely and send three bullet points: what you'd do in week one, a relevant number from past work, and one question about the role that shows you read the actual listing.
• Follow the company on LinkedIn before applying and comment on something recent. Two of my nine "real" applicants had done this and I recognised the names.
• Don't wait for a "we're hiring" post. I filled a second role that same month by reaching out directly to someone whose freelance work I'd seen tagged by a mutual connection, before I'd even written the job ad.

The honest opinion here: most remote job advice still treats this like a numbers game, apply to more, tweak the CV, use the right keywords. From where I sit as the person hiring, it's closer to a visibility game. The candidates who got interviews weren't the most qualified on paper. They were the ones who made themselves impossible to skim past.

Frequently asked questions

What remote jobs are hiring the most right now?

Customer success, AI operations, bookkeeping, B2B copywriting, virtual executive assistance, and IT support are all showing consistent remote demand in 2025. These are less competitive than creative or social media roles and often pay significantly better.

Which job boards are best for finding remote work?

We Work Remotely, Himalayas, Remote OK, and Working Nomads are the most focused. LinkedIn has volume but low signal-to-noise for remote roles. Going directly to careers pages of known remote-first companies like Automattic, GitLab, or Doist is often more efficient.

How much do remote jobs pay compared to office jobs?

It varies by role and location. US remote salaries are often comparable to or higher than UK in-office salaries for the same function. A mid-level customer success role at a US SaaS company might pay $65,000 to $80,000 fully remote, where a UK equivalent might be 35,000 to 45,000 GBP hybrid. Remote does not mean cheap if you target the right companies.

Is remote hiring still growing or shrinking in 2025?

It is stable but more selective than 2021 or 2022. The fully-remote segment has shrunk slightly as larger companies push hybrid policies, but small businesses, startups, and US tech companies continue to hire remotely at volume. The opportunity is real, but targeted effort matters more than it did two years ago.

Related reading: Virtual Assistant Work From Home: The Real Money, The Brutal Commute Savings, and Why You'll Quit in 9 Months and Working From Home as a Virtual Assistant: What the Job Boards Won't Tell You.

For the full picture, see my guide to remote jobs worth your time in 2026, and the specialist boards I send people to.