Top 37 Home Business Ideas UK: Work from Home Guide

Graphic designers are continually being sought after by start-ups looking for business cards, logos, brochures, and the likes. You can get gigs from Upwork, Freelancer, or PeoplePerHour. Graphic designers get paid per hour or based on the project at hand.

Tip: build an impressive profile so that prospective clients can gather as much about your experience and skills as possible.

As a graphic designer you can also support book publishers, with at least 100,000 self-published books on Kindle alone!

Books often need illustrations, drawings, and cartoons as well as a front and back cover designs and the graphic designer creates individualised visual designs, images and covers. Large and small companies spend huge sums on brochures and other marketing materials. If you can promote such services too, you could increase your income.

To market yourself, you could either bid for jobs on freelance sites or set up your own website and approach clients via email or social media marketing with the help of visually based apps such as Instagram and Snapchat to share your work. A website certainly offers many benefits to showcase your work by displaying case studies, client reviews and much more. After you’ve set up your own website, you can also run Google Ads or Facebook Ads to target certain groups more effectively.

Moderate; you can expect to spend between £500 to £2,500 on essential software, a high-performance computer, and marketing efforts.

Such as Adobe Creative Cloud, require ongoing subscriptions that could cost between £50 and £100 per month.

Freelance graphic designers typically charge £9 to £30 per hour based on expertise and project complexity. Annually, they earn between £20,000 and £40,000, with experienced designers, especially in branding or UX/UI, earning more.

The demand for high-quality content continues to rise, especially with businesses looking to establish a strong online presence. Starting a content creation business—whether through blogging, YouTube, or podcasting—offers multiple revenue streams. You can monetise through affiliate marketing, sponsored content, ad revenue, or selling products.

£200-£1,000 (website, video/audio equipment, editing software).

A graphic designer in the UK needs a high-performance computer, graphic tablet, and a high-resolution monitor. Essential software includes Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, and Affinity Suite. Additional tools include stock image sites, font resources, colour palette tools, and mockup generators. ClickDo can support content creators with web hosting, SEO, and marketing strategies to grow your audience.

£16,000-£56,000 annually, depending on audience growth and monetisation strategies.

Animation is a lucrative venture, but it requires specialised skills. From designing TV and video graphics to creating animated characters, Gifs, cartoons, emojis – freelance animators are some of the best paid remote workers. Upwork is a great site where you can pitch for gigs from clients looking for your services. Besides, you’re able to meet a community of animators and exchange ideas, see what others charge, and so on.

Possible projects could include working for the motion picture industry or computer systems design companies. You will require a degree or an HNC/HND in animation. Many universities and colleges in the UK or e-Learning platforms offer courses in animation and other relevant art and design courses.

Moderate; setting up as an animator can cost around £1,000 to £3,500, including a high-performance computer, drawing tablets, and software subscriptions like Adobe Creative Cloud or Toon Boom Harmony.

Essential animation tools include:

• Adobe After Effects (for motion graphics and visual effects)
• Blender (a free, open-source 3D creation suite)
• Toon Boom Harmony (for traditional animation)
• Maya or Cinema 4D (for advanced 3D animation)
• Procreate (for hand-drawn animations)

Many of these tools have free versions or offer subscription plans for professionals.

Animators can charge £20 to £100+ per hour, depending on the complexity of the project and the level of expertise. Annually, freelance animators can earn anywhere from £18,000 to £46,000, with specialised animators (e.g., 3D or character animators) potentially earning more based on their niche.

As businesses increasingly rely on online channels to reach their audience, the demand for digital marketing agencies has soared. A digital marketing agency provides businesses with a variety of online marketing services that help increase their online presence, generate leads, and boost sales. Services can include SEO (Search Engine Optimisation), PPC (Pay-Per-Click) advertising, content marketing, email marketing, social media management, and more. The flexibility of running a digital marketing agency from home makes it an attractive business idea for 2025.

Starting a digital marketing agency from home requires low upfront costs, typically £1,000-£5,000 for a computer, internet connection, website, and digital marketing tools.

SEO tools like Ahrefs or SEMrush, email marketing platforms (Mailchimp, Constant Contact), and PPC tools (Google Ads, Facebook Ads Manager).

The average earnings of a digital marketer in the UK is £30,563 per year (£15.67 per hour), with entry-level positions starting at £25,323 and experienced workers earning up to £49,140.

Online tutors offer their skills to online students located thousands of miles away sometimes. Some e-tutor sites will pay you handsomely to teach students via distance learning. Just be sure to invest in superfast broadband and good software tools because most of your tutoring lessons often require video conferencing and voice calls via Skype or Zoom.

Tutoring is not only a lucrative but deeply satisfying profession. You could work by yourself from home using a generic whiteboard like Cisco Webex or work with a company like Tutor.com, which provides its own whiteboard and tutor management system. Demand for e-tutoring of subjects like Maths, English, coding, and science is growing around the world and once you’re established you can even set up your own online tutoring business.

Whether you are an academic, a coach, or someone with good knowledge about something, you can monetise this by offering to tutor people online either via your own website or by joining other platforms like Chegg Tutors, offering private tutoring. If you find that where you live has a high demand for private tuition services, you can target clients close to your residence.

You can create an additional income by creating online courses that you could sell either via your website or e-Learning platforms like Udemy, where more people can find you. A well-packaged course or e-book serves as another stream of passive income and would give you more financial stability.

MOOCs or massive open online courses have become extremely popular, especially with e-Learning becoming a growing trend. You can offer your online courses on distance learning platforms like Coursera, EdX, Udemy and for more specific niches you can publish them on platforms like SeekaHost University.

You need to be an expert in a subject to publish a course made of 10-16 lectures and coursework. Alternatively, you could set up a website and provide your own class, as does Neil Patel, the guru of digital marketing.

The challenge is that even as an expert in a subject matter you need to carve out a niche for yourself as the online learning market is very competitive already. Hence why this avenue might prove challenging to earn a stable income rather than a side income.

Tip: Specialise in high-demand subjects like coding, language instruction, or exam prep for higher earning potential.

Starting as an online tutor/course instructor requires a moderate investment, typically £2,000-£5,000, covering marketing, website setup, and teaching resources. Basic needs include a computer and internet connection.

• Teaching Platforms: Udemy, Teachable, Coursera, Google Classroom
• Content Creation Tools: Camtasia, OBS Studio, Audacity
• Marketing Tools: Mailchimp, Hootsuite, ClickDo’s SEO services
• Website Setup: WordPress, LearnDash
• Video Conferencing: Zoom

Online Tutor: £19,000-£42,000 annually, depending on hours and specialisation.

Online Course Instructor:

• Part-Time: £500 to £2,000 per month based on course offerings and marketing.
• Full-Time: £3,000 to £10,000+ monthly with multiple courses and effective marketing.

English is one of the most spoken languages across the world. Millions of people seek to learn English, how to speak and write in English. Unlike online tutoring, some English learners don’t even want papers and certificates; they just need to learn from a native speaker in England. Craigslist is one of the easiest places to find people from across the world looking for online English lessons.

Non-English-speaking countries often teach English at schools as an additional language. Naturally, many students look for additional learning support, ideally with a native speaker. If they are scheduled to migrate soon to live, study or work in a country where English is the main language of communication, then they will need to prepare for English tests.

To become a language tutor, you need to be fluent in the written and spoken target language and have at least passed an academic language test like TEFL. Having teaching experience is a plus of course. You can offer to tutor your students virtually and charge for your services either via your own website or e-tutoring platforms like CheggTutors. You can make a decent living with online teaching, if you have enough students paying fees.

Starting as a language teacher is affordable, with primary expenses for marketing, online tools, and teaching materials. Expect to invest around £100-£500 for marketing, website setup, and resources.

Platforms for online teaching (Zoom, Skype), language learning software (Duolingo, Babbel), and ClickDo for building an online presence and promoting your services.

Language teachers can earn between £15 and £50 per hour, leading to an annual income of £21,000 to £32,000+ for full-time teaching. Offering group classes can further boost earnings, as fees are charged per participant.

Music teachers teach students how to play musical instruments, sing their vocals, compose and write songs, etc. If you have any of these skills, you can make money from home offering music lessons. To start with, create a YouTube channel and post videos showcasing your genius in music. Link it to your tutor website so that anyone looking to learn can find and contact you directly.

YouTube is one of the best platforms for learners to learn music; every music teacher ought to have a channel and a website. On top of that, you can also advertise your services on music tutor platforms like MusicTutors. This is especially convenient for students young or old who have to travel far to get to the music teacher. So, if you are good at playing multiple instruments and are patient with kids and adults, then setting up a music tutoring business is for you.

Starting a music teaching business requires some initial investment but can be relatively low, especially if you already own the necessary instruments and equipment. £200-£1,500, depending on marketing, equipment, and software needs.

Instruments, sheet music, music software (like GarageBand or Finale), and video conferencing tools (like Zoom or Skype) for online lessons.

Music teachers can earn between £20-£60 per hour, with a potential annual income of £20,000-£41,000+ for full-time teaching. Offering group lessons or workshops can further boost income and maximise time.

Are you good with words? Can you write a compelling story that will get readers glued from start to end? If yes, then you can earn very good money as a remote writer. Popular writing sites like TextBroker, Twine are a goldmine for avid freelancers. As a freelance writer, the secret to excellence lies in submitting top-notch content that’s free of plagiarism and glaring grammar errors. On YouTube you’ll find dozens of tutorials on how to become a freelance writer, but right away you should set up your own website and establish your name on the web. There you can showcase your brilliant writing skills and case studies. And you can get started from home.

You’ll be sure to find clients in no time as there is an endless list of people who have sites and blogs. To scale a blog, they often require additional writers to cover topics of interest and post as frequently as possible to keep their websites relevant and updated.

If you’re also good with SEO to create articles that rank on search engines, then blog posting is certainly for you. Try sourcing for blog writer positions on sites like Freelance writer or Upwork, and get published on high authority websites to enhance your portfolio here.

All of those websites with pages after pages of text started from a blank screen. Someone had to create a compelling copy. This is what a content writer or copywriter does. From taglines and captions to five thousand word buying guides – it is all in a day’s work for a content writer. With experience, you can quickly graduate to freelancing in report writing and other corporate gigs that pay better. Or you can build your own copywriting business, serving many clients with business websites and blogs. You might also compose ad copy or emails for marketing purposes – the opportunities are endless.

• Freelance Writer: Minimal; primarily a computer, internet connection, and possibly website hosting (around £50-£200 annually).
• Copywriter: Low; mainly for a computer and internet connection, possibly including costs for marketing your services (around £100-£300).

Some essential tools for freelance writers & copywriters include:

• Grammarly: For checking grammar and plagiarism
• Hemingway App/Editor: To improve readability
• Google Docs or Microsoft Word: For drafting and collaboration
• Copyscape: To ensure content originality
• SEO Tools (like Ahrefs, SEMRush, or Yoast SEO): For keyword research and optimization

• Freelance Writer: £20-£40 per hour, with potential to earn £30,000 to £60,000 annually as you gain experience and build a client base.
• Copywriter:£24,000 to £50,000 annually, with hourly rates between £25 to £75 for specialised projects.

Amazon’s Kindle platform has made it easy to publish your book at near-zero cost. From horror to how-to guides and everything else under the sun – if you know a subject matter, and have a good story to tell,  you can write and self-publish an ebook and monetise it. e-Books can earn you rich dividends if they top Amazon bestseller lists. Of course, this will take time and an investment in advertising, but once you’ve established a fan base and preferably also your own website, you would have created a solid passive income stream, bringing money in while you’re sleeping.

• Very low; minimal costs for cover design and marketing (potentially £100-£500).

Essential tools for ebook writers include:

• Scrivener (for organising and writing long-form content)
• Grammarly (for proofreading and grammar checks)
• Canva or Adobe InDesign (for creating cover designs)
• Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) platform (for self-publishing and distribution)
• Mailchimp or ConvertKit (for building and maintaining an author mailing list to promote your books)

• £10,000 to £15,000 annually, but successful authors can earn significantly more, especially with multiple titles.

Thousands of university students write essays, research papers, and dissertations each year.  There’s a lucrative industry for professionals who can help such students write their papers. There are numerous academic writing accounts like WriterBay, Uvocorp, Essay Shark, Writerslab. As you won’t really have any expenses for writing academic essays apart from your Wi-Fi cost and maybe some software subscriptions, this home business provides a decent return for never having to step out. However, you must demonstrate excellent academic writing, grammar and spelling skills that you can prove to have been graded highly.

Minimal; primarily a computer and internet connection (around £50-£100).

Essential tools for academic writers include:

• Google Scholar and JSTOR (for conducting research)
• Grammarly (for proofreading and grammar checks)
• Zotero or EndNote (for managing references and citations)
• Microsoft Word or LaTeX (for drafting and formatting)
• Turnitin (for plagiarism checking)

£20,000 to £40,000 annually, depending on workload and client base.

Once a writer has submitted their work, proof-readers and editors have the final task of going through that content, looking for grammar, factual, and other errors. Writers benefit a lot from proofreading and editorial services, which are high in demand especially as more people consider self-publishing. Students in school write essays that need editing. Magazines, newspapers, bloggers, authors are other examples of people in need of such services. If you have a keen eye, know your grammar, and are an excellent editor, Contena is one of the places you are guaranteed to find plenty of people looking to pay for editing and proofreading services.

You will be able to work from home as long as you’re meeting your targets and obligations, offering you flexible hours and hardly any extra expenses. But you are required to demonstrate a solid grasp of language skills and you have to be an ace in grammar and spelling and show experience of writing world-class content. Some freelance platforms might ask you to pass some tests first before being able to advertise your editing services.

Low; mainly a computer and internet connection, plus any software tools you may want (around £50-£200).

Key tools for proof-readers and editors include:

• Grammarly Premium (advanced grammar/style)
• ProWritingAid (detailed analysis)
• Google Docs/Microsoft Word (collaborative editing)
• PerfectIt (consistency and legal checks)
• Hemingway Editor (readability enhancement)

£20,000 to £30,000 annually, with hourly rates between £15 to £40.

 Many people grow up speaking at least two different languages as fluently as a native speaker. If you’re one of them, you can become a translator or interpreter. To start with you can register with a translation services agency, but you will have to prove your language skills and experience of translating or interpreting and any relevant qualifications you hold. 

Obviously, adding your CV to your LinkedIn profile helps immensely, but creating your own website where you can nicely showcase your previous work and projects will certainly score bonus points in this competitive field. The beauty of the modern world of translation is that you can become a translation project manager overseeing

• Market research solutions such as survey translations, transcription services
• Digital tasks like website translations, SEO language support, social media content translations
• Interpreting services such as voice over services in a foreign language, audio translation services

To get a better idea of what you can offer as a freelance translator or interpreter, compare what such agencies like LanguageConnect or TranslationServices24 offer and try to make your services even more niche so that you don’t have to compete with the big players.

Set up your own profile on translation services platforms like Translator’s Base to increase your reach. It’s all about doing the market research and differentiating your services so that you meet the needs of your target audience. People who know sign language can also offer translation or interpretation services online.

Minimal; primarily a computer, internet connection, and possibly marketing your services (around £50-£300).

Essential tools for translators/interpreters include:

• SDL Trados Studio, MemoQ (translation memory)
• DeepL, Google Translate (machine translation)
• Grammarly (proofreading)
• Wordfast (project management)
• Skype, Zoom (remote interpretation)
• ProZ (job marketplace)

£19,000 to £50,000 annually, with hourly rates ranging from £20 to £40.

If you have a very attentive ear rather than being a talented wordsmith, providing a transcription service could be the right career path for you as it never goes out of demand. Freelance transcription enables you to work day and night providing this service from your computer or laptop wherever you are.

Via online platforms like TranscribeMe you can get started to see if this is for you by obtaining your first few projects before jumping into starting a transcription business of your own.

Very low; just a computer and internet connection (around £50-£100).

Essential tools for transcriptionists include:

• Express Scribe, InqScribe (transcription software)
• Foot pedal (hands-free audio control)
• Noise-cancelling headphones (audio clarity)
• Word processing software (Microsoft Word/Google Docs)
• Typing software (speed and accuracy)

£12 to £20 per hour, leading to an annual income of £16,000 to £22,000, depending on workload.

Film, Media and TV industries are always on the lookout for creative script writers who can help compose new TV show formats or film narratives. Even music videos require written scripts these days or YouTube productions, if advanced. If you have a passion for drama, literature, digital storytelling and providing entertainment to an audience as well as experience of script reading or writing script reports then you can start to promote your services online on sites like Craigslist, Glassdoor, Indeed, to mention a few. If you get a few projects assigned, you should build your own website and showcase these case studies to demonstrate your portfolio. As a scriptwriter, you must be prepared to give up the copyrights to all scripts you’ve been paid for; you can’t use the same content for different clients.

If you’re new to this industry you can take free screenwriting courses to figure out whether this is a future career you can see yourself pursuing. 

Moderate; primarily a computer and software for scriptwriting (around £100-£300).

Essential tools for scriptwriters include:

• Final Draft, Celtx (script formatting)
• Storyboard That, Plotbot (storyboarding)
• Evernote, Notion (note-taking)
• Voice recording software (dialogue recording)
• Google Scholar (research and fact-checking)

£23,000 to £45,000 annually, depending on experience and project scope.

Around over 460,000 people practise yoga across the UK. This number keeps growing and if you develop a fascination for it and are super bendy at the same time, why not take a yoga instructor course and get started? Yoga has numerous health benefits as seen here.  As a Yoga Instructor, you can build your own following and fan base, if you know how to market yourself and provide yoga with a twist, like BohoBeautiful doing yoga in scenic destinations around the world, selling yoga and pilates programs and subscription schemes. As you can see, you’d need to build your YouTube channel and have an e-commerce website to sell your yoga guides.

The other option is to convert one of your spare rooms into a Yoga room and use it to train a few students, if you have the space at home. You can charge them on an hourly, weekly, or monthly basis.

Low to moderate; around £200 to £1,000. Costs may include yoga certification courses, equipment, marketing materials, and possibly liability insurance.

Essential tools include yoga mats, props (like blocks and straps), a reliable video conferencing platform, a website or social media for promotion, and a scheduling tool.

Yoga instructors can earn £20 to £60 per class, depending on their experience, location, and whether they teach privately or in a studio. Full-time instructors can expect to make between £20,000 and £96,000 annually, with potential for higher earnings through private sessions and workshops.

Keeping fit is vital for the health and wellbeing of the individual and many prefer to do home workouts rather than heading to the gym, especially if they are remote workers. There are thousands of people who work out regularly each day. Some are looking for a trainer to motivate them, guide them, and suggest the best training regimen. As a fitness trainer, you could record your training sessions and tutorials and avail them at a small fee to those that need them. With superfast broadband, you can easily stream your training sessions and reach thousands of people in real-time or via your YouTube channel.

As you can see, it is possible to be a fitness coach online. If you have a certification in fitness coaching, you can create exercise schedules and provide demonstrations over Skype or social media like Instagram with live feeds. Additionally, you can design diets and act as a guide on someone’s weight loss journey. As you advance and grow your online fitness business, consider getting the necessary licences and accreditations to work professionally.

You can find fitness trainer jobs on platforms like LeisureJobs and test the waters here first. But at the end of the day it’s all about networking and marketing yourself.

Low to moderate; around £200 to £1,500. Initial expenses can include certification courses, basic fitness equipment, marketing materials, and liability insurance.

Essential tools include fitness equipment (like weights and resistance bands), a reliable video conferencing platform, a website or social media for promotion, workout tracking software, and a scheduling tool.

Fitness instructors can earn £20 to £50 per class or £30 to £100 per hour for personal training sessions. Full-time instructors can make between £17,000 and £27,000 annually, with potential for higher earnings through specialised classes and private training sessions.

Dancing is dynamic and different segments of society have different preferences. From the recent moves to the old school moves of the 80s when Soul music carried the day; people are always looking to learn and perfect their moves. You can use your home as the practice area where your students come for training sessions. Don’t forget to share videos of your dance training sessions; it’s easier to attract new learners if they see that you’re having fun and are good at what you do.

Dancing shouldn’t be something you only do for fun whenever a new song comes around. Plenty of people are choosing to dance instead of going to the gym to stay active and fit. Turn that guest house or spare room into a dance studio and start marketing your classes to people in your neighbourhood. Craigslist is a good platform; it’s free and here you can advertise your services from the comfort of your home.

Low to moderate; around £200 to £1,000. Initial costs may include dance certifications, marketing materials, music licensing, and any necessary dance equipment or props.

Essential tools include a reliable video conferencing platform, a good sound system, a website or social media for promotion, appropriate dance props, and a scheduling tool.

Dance instructors can earn £20 to £50 per class or £30 to £70 per hour for private lessons. Full-time instructors can expect to make between £13,000 and £41,000 annually, with potential for higher earnings through workshops, private lessons, and performance opportunities.

Modelling is a career path for the petite and big sized body shapes, which are all sought after by fashion designers, online fashion brands and even tv shows these days. Many social media influencers promote fashion as well. The beauty of this kind work is that everything will be provided for you: the makeup, clothes and shoes, jewellery – whatever you are going to showcase. Some popular job sites for online models in the UK include StarNow and you can browse through it to see the variety of modelling opportunities there are.

Some people may also consider performing erotic dances and moves for clients on their webcam. But the plus side is that you don’t need any qualifications to get started, just the looks that somebody out there is desperately seeking. Check out this step by step guide on how to get started as a webcam model, and work out which avenue would be the best fit for your future.

Moderate; around £200 to £1,500. Initial costs may include equipment (camera, lighting), website setup, and possibly a subscription to a platform or marketing costs.

Essential tools include a high-quality webcam, good lighting equipment, a reliable computer, a fast internet connection, and a private space for streaming. Additional tools might include a video editing software and social media platforms for promotion.

Webcam models can earn £20-£300 per hour, with full-time earnings ranging from £22,000 to £55,000 annually Content creators can share exclusive content with their followers in exchange for a monthly subscription on OnlyFans.

You need to be very organised and able to pay attention to details at all times. Most of the roles of a virtual assistant are administrative tasks and as such, can be done remotely from the confines of your house. Like we mentioned earlier, you’ll need a very reliable and stable internet connection when working as a virtual assistant.

You might work for a busy business owner or doctor setting up appointments, scheduling their meetings, and arranging their travels. Other tasks might include checking and answering emails, preparing PowerPoint presentations, doing research or helping plan events. All the work is done online through collaborative software such as Zoho. If you have been a secretary before with good communication and organising skills, this is for you.

Low; around £100 to £500. Initial costs may include a computer, internet connection, and any necessary software subscriptions or training courses.

Essential tools include a reliable computer, high-speed internet, project management software (like Trello or Asana), communication platforms (such as Zoom or Slack), and office software (like Microsoft Office or Google Workspace).

Virtual assistants earn £15-£50 per hour, with annual full-time earnings from £15,000 to £35,000, and specialists in areas like bookkeeping or social media management earning even more.

Celebrities, start-ups, and major brands all have a robust social media presence. They often employ agencies and individuals to manage these social media accounts.  As you become more proficient in managing social media accounts, you can also start offering online marketing services like Facebook Ad campaigns. Employers on sites like Flexjobs are continually looking for individuals that can work remotely as social media managers, so this could be a great starting point.

Your task would be to plan and maintain a social media content calendar and engage on behalf of the business on social media.  No special qualification is required, and a working knowledge of the leading five platforms is enough, however, many businesses expect to see proof of your skills via other social media profiles you have managed. Most employers will also ask for experience with social media management systems like Hootsuite and creating and running paid ads.

Over 5.07 billion people worldwide now use social media, with 259 million new users joining in the past year, there is an obvious future demand for social media managers. Creating visually and verbally engaging and attractive media posts can be a lot of fun, but you’ll also have to have an eye for trends, data analysis and ad copy to help any business grow. You could be working for actresses, entrepreneurs, musicians, and celebrities and offer to maintain their social media fan pages. This option is good for you if you are good at networking on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and other social media sites. Wondering where to source for artists looking for someone to help maintain their fan pages? Fiverr would be a great place to get started.

Alternatively, you could advise a business about how to create a social media marketing campaign as a social media consultant. It will be your task to set up social media accounts, plan a regular number of posts, design types of posts, the nature of the content, keywords, and other details to lead a business to more online success. You would have to investigate how much this will cost the business and plan according to their budget for the exercise. It is an exciting and dynamic field and is evolving rapidly.

Low to moderate; around £200 to £1,000. Initial costs may include software subscriptions, marketing materials, and possibly training courses.

Essential tools include social media management platforms (like Hootsuite or Buffer), graphic design software (such as Canva), analytics tools (like Google Analytics or Sprout Social), and content creation tools (like Adobe Creative Suite).

Social media managers earn £20-£70 per hour based on experience and client needs. Full-time roles offer £25,000 to £50,000 annually, with potential for more through consulting or managing multiple clients.

Do you have a spare room in your home that you don’t use much? There’s always someone who’d do with a short-term let for a fee of course. Popular sites like Airbnb have made it easier for homeowners to make that extra coin by renting out their space.  It could be a basement room, a spare bedroom, or a boat. Oh, and your car too; you can rent out your car for a day, a week, or even a month.

Have an extra parking space you hardly use? Clothes you never wear? Bikes you never ride? Or instruments you never really play? You’d be surprised to know that someone somewhere is willing to pay you to use those items you never use. Consider posting your stuff on sites like Craigslist to find people in your area willing to rent them for a few hours.

You can go even further and host home parties at your abode to generate more money. Add a stand full of kids’ toys, party treats, clothes, jewellery and more pretty stuff that party guests will purchase. Invite your friends and tell them to bring friends over. Because the more people that show up, the more likely you are to make more sales. Clever ha?

Depending on how you decide to run this home hosting business or home rental business, you can create several income streams, but it’s hard to determine an average annual income for this type of business. That’s why it is worth analysing which items are worth renting out. Car rentals can be lucrative, but your insurance needs to cover all eventualities so you might pay more. So, do the maths before randomly offering hosting or rental services from your home.

Minimal to moderate; costs can include marketing your rental space or items, cleaning supplies, and any necessary equipment (around £100 to £500, depending on the scale of your hosting or rental services).

Essential tools include a reliable internet connection, booking management software (like Airbnb or Booking.com), communication apps (like WhatsApp), cleaning supplies, and basic amenities for guests (towels, toiletries).

Earnings from hosting or renting can vary widely, with spare rooms generating £50-£150 per night and cars £30-£100 per day, leading to potential annual earnings of £18,000 to £25,000+ depending on rental frequency and events hosted.

Are you a certified and accredited accountant? You don’t have to wait for employment; you can start offering your services remotely from your house! As a freelance accountant, you can take advantage of the latest accounting software to help individuals submit their tax returns.  Many SMEs across the UK are constantly looking for accountants. Build a nice online profile and take constant refresher courses to stay on top of your game.

Small and medium businesses require bookkeeping services as well. With software apps like Quickbooks and Microsoft Excel, you can offer bookkeeping services on the side or in addition to accounting services.

Moderate; around £300 to £2,000. Initial costs may include accounting software subscriptions, training or certification courses, and marketing materials to promote your services.

Essential tools include accounting software (like QuickBooks, Xero, or Sage), spreadsheets (like Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets), tax preparation software, and secure communication tools (like Slack or Zoom).

Accountants and bookkeepers earn £15-£50 per hour, with full-time earnings salaries ranging from £18,000 to £35,000, and potential for higher earnings in specialisations or management roles.

To start out you need to invest a few £100 and do a course in stock trading. But you could leverage it to earn over a hundred thousand quid a year like a 16-year-old who turned £150 into £60,000 . How does it work?

You need to be good with numbers and learn about the basic principles of stock trading. There is no need to sign up for a course right away. There are plenty of free courses available on e-Learning platforms and hundreds of free PDF e-books available on sites like Investopedia. Then try your hand at trading using stock market games. Use the trading simulator that the London Stock Exchange hosts for free.

It is best to take a 90-day certification course to understand the ropes fully and buy stocks cheaply and sell them at a profit. If you excel at this, you might become a Forex trader and buy and sell foreign exchange. It is similar in concept, but you need more capital of about £50,000 to start. But when you’ve made significant profits from your home office, that shouldn’t be a problem. Choosing this home business is certainly not for the faint-hearted. Only go for stock trading, if you can stomach big losses and keep calm when taking huge risks. There are no guarantees, hence why it is tough to estimate an average income.

Moderate to high; around £500 to £5,000. Initial costs may include a brokerage account setup, trading fees, and capital to invest.

Essential tools include trading platforms (like E*TRADE, Robinhood, or IG), stock analysis software (like TradingView or MetaStock), financial news sources (like Bloomberg or CNBC), and portfolio management tools (like Personal Capital or Yahoo Finance).

Earnings can vary significantly based on trading strategy and market conditions. Active traders can earn anywhere from £1,000 to £10,000+ per month, while long-term investors may see average annual returns of 7% to 10% on their investments.

To work as an insurance broker or agent, you must be licensed (you can nowadays gain this through online courses, studying remotely). Insurance companies keep looking for licensed insurance reps to sell policies, address client issues, file claims and solve complaints from home. Insurance agents make sure policies stay up-to-date and make amendments to the policy as life or legislation changes. An insurance agent works with property and casualty, life, health and long-term care insurance policies. As a freelancer, you could work for several insurance companies and choose your projects wisely only working the hours you want for the pay you seek. This career certainly enables you to keep a healthy work-life balance, earning from home.

Low to moderate; around £100 to £2,000. Initial costs may include licensing fees, marketing expenses, and necessary software or tools.

Essential tools include insurance software (like Applied Systems or EverQuote), customer relationship management (CRM) systems (like HubSpot or Salesforce), communication platforms (like Zoom or Microsoft Teams), and marketing materials (like brochures or digital ads).

The annual earnings of Insurance representatives are £20,000 to £65,000+, and top performers can earn significantly more by building a strong client base in high-demand specialisations.

The original online job or career! If you know C+, PHP, Java, HTML, Ruby, why not become a software developer or consultant? You would have to plan and execute projects in a time-bound manner. There are at any time at least a thousand projects open on freelancer platforms like Upwork. After six months, when you have acquired an excellent reputation, you could start your own company and hire talent. You can teach yourself many skills through online courses and showcase your successes on your own website. People want to see what you can do so don’t hide your skills.

Low to moderate; around £200 to £3,000. Initial costs may include software licences, development tools, and any necessary training or certifications.

Essential tools include integrated development environments (IDEs) (like Visual Studio, Eclipse, or Xcode), version control systems (like Git), project management tools (like JIRA or Trello), and frameworks/libraries (like React, Angular, or Node.js).

The average earning of a mobile app developer in the UK is £47,500 per year (£24.36 per hour), with entry-level positions starting at £37,990 and experienced developers earning up to £66,953.

This is for IT gurus and coders who can design websites. You can also learn to code online for free and start your own web design company. As a web designer you set up and design web pages for clients. Depending on the complexity of the website, e.g. including e-commerce functions, animations etc., this can be a demanding job, requiring you to pay attention to detail as your clients will want their website to look exactly as they envision it. 

Basic SEO skills and frontend and backend database management skills are equally important to become a top online address for web design. Teach yourself how to create web pages from a MOOC or browse through CodeAcademy free tutorials. Initially, you can build a portfolio with case studies you’ve worked on, whether they’re sites on Wix, Weebly, or with a WordPress host like SeekaHost. It’s beneficial to have experience using various platforms, so experiment and learn for at least three months before starting your own home business. Read more about web designing and how you can become a web designer on our web design blog, which by the way was designed by ClickDo’s senior web designer Kasun Sameera and his ClickDo team.

Low to moderate; around £500 to £2,000. Initial costs may include website hosting, domain registration, design software, and marketing efforts.

Web design platforms and tools like WordPress, Adobe XD, Figma, or Sketch, graphic design software (Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator), web hosting services, a portfolio website, and communication tools (like Slack or Zoom for client meetings).

The average web designer in the UK earns £30,000 per year (£15.38 per hour), with entry-level positions starting at £25,000 and experienced designers earning up to £42,008.

App or website developers or companies will pay you if you install their app on your phone and use it for testing purposes. A company like Google will pay you a fee for every month their app is installed on your phone. Other sites offer you prizes or rewards for simply downloading and testing their app.

Some of these sites include:

• MobileXpression
• ShopTracker
• Nielsen Mobile Panel

Website developers want to know if their site is functional and aesthetically appealing, if it’s easy to navigate or what changes you would recommend improving the user experience.

If you have an interest in testing websites and apps and you develop analytical skills to scrutinise the designs, themes, and functions, then someone out there is more than willing to pick your brain and pay you for it. To test websites and start making money online, join renowned services like

• WebUsability
• TestingTime
• User Conversion
• intellizoom
• PingPong

Low to moderate; around £100 to £1,500. Initial costs may include testing software licences, training resources, and necessary hardware.

Essential tools include testing frameworks (like Selenium, JUnit, or TestNG), bug tracking software (like JIRA or Bugzilla), test management tools (like TestRail or Zephyr), and performance testing tools (like Apache JMeter).

The average earning of a tester in the UK is £35,000 per year (£17.95 per hour), with entry-level positions starting at £27,500 and experienced testers earning up to £55,000.

If you’re a geek obsessed with computers and other tech gadgets, a tech support specialist post is one of the best ways for you to earn money from home. Non-profit companies, start-ups, and corporations are all businesses that often hire remote tech support specialists to deal with technical issues, glitches and other concerns for immediate troubleshooting and technical guidance. If you’re already experienced and well established, you can start your own tech support agency and hire assistants to deal with clients, whereas you delegate and organise conveniently in the background from your sofa.

Low; around £50 to £1,000. Initial costs may include software subscriptions, training materials, and any necessary certifications.

Essential tools include remote desktop software (like TeamViewer or AnyDesk), help desk software (like Zendesk or Freshdesk), ticketing systems (like JIRA or ServiceNow), and troubleshooting tools (like diagnostic software or network analyzers).

The average earning of a technical support consultant in the UK is £32,500 per year (£16.67 per hour), with entry-level positions starting at £27,500 and experienced consultants earning up to £50,000.

SEO or search engine optimisation is a field that will be required by anyone wanting to optimise their website for top rankings on search engines. Therefore, it is an SEO consultant’s key role to get a client’s websites to rank higher in a search result. There is also a market for specialised forms of SEO, such as for Amazon product pages. A course in the basics of SEO to get you acquainted with the subject could start you right off. SEO tools such as Yoast help SEO consultants automate manual and repetitive aspects of their work, but you need to learn how algorithms work and data analysis is another major aspect of this work.

See how the #1 SEO Consultant in London works daily, including some case studies, on his SEO agency’s website ClickDo and finds many valuable tips to start your own SEO consultancy online and be your own boss. You can ask Fernando about how much more you could make as a top independent SEO consultant and you won’t be disappointed. Plus, you can lead the digital lifestyle like he does.

Moderate; around £200 to £1,500. Initial costs may include tool subscriptions, training courses, and marketing expenses to acquire clients.

Essential tools include keyword research tools (like SEMrush, Ahrefs, or Moz), analytics platforms (like Google Analytics), SEO audit tools (like Screaming Frog or Sitebulb), and ranking trackers (like AccuRanker or SERPWatcher).

The average earning of an SEO consultant in the UK is £33,536 per year (£17.20 per hour), with entry-level positions starting at £28,500 and experienced consultants earning up to £46,800.

Do you boast extensive knowledge in operating a successful business yourself? Can you advise business owners about etiquette, body image, accounting, or other areas of their business? If so, you can approach companies with the necessary certifications and proof that you already have through your own experience and studies.

Many business owners or young entrepreneurs might experience trouble in some areas of expertise, and they may book a consultative meeting with you. It may be hard for starters, but as time goes by, you get more clients and build a good reputation. However, you will need a business consultant website where you showcase your own business successes and lessons, client reviews and case studies. People won’t just book you like that.

Just look at how business mentor and coach Neil Franklin does it as a former successful UK entrepreneur and see the opportunities for your own business consultancy home business.

Moderate; around £500 to £3,000. Initial costs may include marketing materials, professional memberships, and software subscriptions.

Essential tools include project management software (like Asana or Trello), data analysis tools (like Excel or Tableau), CRM systems (like HubSpot or Salesforce), and communication platforms (like Slack or Zoom).

The average earning of a business consultant in the UK is £37,500 per year (£19.23 per hour), with entry-level positions starting at £27,500 and experienced consultants earning up to £61,257.

Healthcare consultants analyse and optimise management of healthcare institutions and are usually employed by the healthcare industry. They examine different aspects such as efficiency, profits and structure of the organisation and offer steps or methods of improvement. To get started with this career you at least need to hold a bachelor’s degree, though a master’s degree is generally preferred.

However, many senior doctors who already had the overall responsibility for the care of patients in hospitals take this career path before retiring. They would already have completed a minimum of six years training in their speciality area to gain a certificate of completion of training (CCT) and would be listed on the GMC’s specialist register. Clearly, this business idea would only be suitable for established medical specialists that can offer healthcare consulting at a high level.

Moderate; around £300 to £2,500. Initial costs may include certifications, marketing materials, and necessary software or tools.

Essential tools include health assessment software (like MyFitnessPal or Healthie), communication platforms (like Zoom or Microsoft Teams), project management tools (like Asana or Trello), and research databases (like PubMed or Google Scholar).

The average earnings of a Health consultant is £81,834 per year (£41.97 per hour), with entry-level positions starting at £72,745 and experienced consultants earning up to £94,252.

Online dating has transformed dating as we know it. Are you good at giving relationship-related advice or dating tips that can help lovers spice up their love life? You can earn good money as an online dating consultant, if you start by having a blog, a YouTube and social media channels that provide dating tips, advice and answer your target audience’s questions. Make your readers subscribers to your blog newsletters and grow your fan base. Email them your consultant materials regularly or offer them eBooks on dating. You could sell your own or other’s books via your website to earn a commission as an affiliate.

Dating consultancy can be easily combined with offering counselling services, if you have a psychology, counselling or mentoring diploma or certification. Wherever your strengths lie, whether advising on communication skills or confidence building, there are many avenues you can take. Focus on what you enjoy doing the most and best. For more information about how to become a dating coach and what you should bring to the table to be successful with this business, read this dating coach guide here.

Low to moderate; around £200 to £1,500. Initial costs may include marketing materials, website creation, and any relevant training or certifications.

Essential tools include communication platforms (like Zoom or Skype), social media for marketing (like Instagram or Facebook), project management tools (like Asana or Trello), and relationship assessment questionnaires.

The estimated total pay for a Dating Consultant is £45,375 per year, with an average earning of £40,790 and additional pay of £4,585 from bonuses, commissions, tips, and profit sharing.

Virtual consulting is a lucrative career solution for different professionals in various niches and industries. If you already have a business or are an upcoming professional in different fields like accounting, finance, management, photography, video editing, and music editing, you can offer your expert services to businesses. Virtual consultants are also known as tele-consultants and work remotely.

Software developers, game developers, website developers, and app developers are reaping the benefits of virtual consulting. A lot of designers including fashion designers, interior designers, landscape designers, and multimedia designers are offering their services as freelance consultants to clients from across the world. Whether you opt for a project-based job aka the online gig job, or a full-time job, the growing global demand for freelancers is sure to offer bountiful opportunities to you in the virtual world. As you already saw in the above examples, the pay can greatly vary, depending on the industry, demand and expertise level.

See more remote working jobs and freelance gigs in this guide for inspiration.

Low; around £100 to £2,000. Initial costs may include marketing expenses, website setup, and any necessary certifications or tools.

Essential tools include communication platforms (like Zoom or Slack), project management software (like Trello or Asana), cloud storage (like Google Drive or Dropbox), and CRM tools (like HubSpot or Salesforce).

The average earning of a virtual assistant in the UK is £29,205 per year (£14.98 per hour), with entry-level positions starting at £24,719 and experienced assistants earning up to £48,712.

In an era where business meetings are being held online and streamed live in the form of video conference calls, your skills as a speaker are quite an asset. You may be called upon to make a presentation via video conference, on behalf of a brand or company or be interviewed by customers. Speakers need to be very flexible, confident, and able to read the mood of their audiences. You may be booked for company retreats, team-building events, or other types of corporate events and people may approach you and ask you to coach them personally. Being a life coach requires prior experience and expertise.

The better you are at offering advice and effective solutions to people’s life and work issues, the quicker you will become a household name. Soon you will offer your life coaching or motivational services from your home office to people all over the world. The business of personal coaching or life coaching is currently booming. Most of your client interaction will happen through video chat via Skype or Zoom, rarely is a face to face consultation needed. We recommend getting a certification in NLP (neuro-linguistic programming), so you can become a life coach and prominent speaker in a few short months.

Moderate; around £200 to £3,000. Initial costs may include marketing materials, website creation, training or certification programs, and travel expenses for speaking engagements.

Essential tools include presentation software (like PowerPoint or Canva), social media for marketing (like Instagram or LinkedIn), online coaching platforms (like Zoom or Skype), and personal development resources (like books and courses).

The average earning of a life coach in the UK is £25,537 per year (£13.10 per hour), with entry-level positions starting at £22,500 and experienced coaches earning up to £58,500.

Do you have a massive following on Facebook, Instagram, SnapChat, Twitter and other social media platforms? Well, you can monetise your popularity through brands and businesses. You can review products and services, share your experiences and feedback with your followers and be an online marketer so to speak. Social media influencers support a company’s brand awareness and get paid for that.

You could look at it as a particular type of blogging and vlogging where you nurture a loyal audience base by creating valuable content around your niche. The upside is – you can earn handsomely by landing promotional deals for companies. But the prerequisite is that you are popular on social media and have an extensive fan base of at least a few thousand. Many people underestimate how much hard work goes into building that following and you will have to develop internet marketing skills too. Becoming and remaining an influencer is a full-time job as you must be regularly present on many different online channels, providing entertaining content.

You will be a sought-after influencer if, besides a large following, you also create quality posts that elicit visible results and show consistency. To embark on this venture, it is important to have a good smartphone or camera to take quality photos and videos for your posts. Currently, there’s no average pay available for this career as it’s still relatively new and developing. It’s comparable to a celebrity career, where you earn through endorsements, tv shows etc. and the income highly varies.

Low to moderate; around £50 to £2,000. Initial costs may include a quality camera, lighting equipment, editing software, and any promotional expenses for building your brand.

Essential tools include social media management platforms (like Hootsuite or Buffer), graphic design tools (like Canva), video editing software (like Adobe Premiere Pro), and analytics tools (like Google Analytics or Sprout Social).

In the UK, the average earning of a social media influencer is £31,453 per year, with total pay around £33,380, base pay ranging from £25,000 to £39,000, and additional earnings of about £2,000.

Bloggers regularly write and post content on trending topics they’re passionate about. As a successful blogger, you must strive to build a robust following and have your blogs read or shared as much as possible. Only then will you earn money via affiliate marketing, product promotions, hyperlinks, guest posting, and so on. There are many affordable and reputable web hosting companies in the UK that can help you to set up your first blog post.

YouTube videos are a popular source of information and entertainment and that’s why vlogging is equally popular. Blogs require a lot of attention from readers whereas Vlogs are easier to take in. You could discuss anything from lifestyle to yoga to calculus, and if you have a charismatic voice, writing style or presence, your audience will grow. The sole investment is a camera or smartphone that can be bought for as little as £300 plus the initial fee for the domain registration and web hosting.

You might ask yourself how to start a blog and it’s far less complicated than you might think. In this guide we’ve already made many recommendations for most home business ideas to set up a website. Starting a blog is equally important. Begin by choosing a niche on which you will base your blog. Anything from travel, fitness, health, finance, technology, cooking, you name it. Don’t worry if you have no prior experience in blogging, there are reputable trainers in the UK like the ClickDo Blogging experts who can take you through the A to Z of blogging.

Blogging has been around for twenty years and produced several millionaires that might have just spent a week or so creating a top-notch WordPress site. You can choose to set up your blog on many blogging platforms like Wix or Squarespace. If you use WordPress, you can find many useful tutorials, tips and guides on the SeekaHost WordPress website. Several free online tools such as Grammarly and Scribens would check your work for basic proofreading errors to ensure the high standard of your blog. If you need more guidance then the SeekaHost University has the perfect blogging online course.

Setting up your own YouTube Channel is fairly easy, but there are things to consider if you want to become a successful vlogger. Check YouTube channel set up tutorials and get started. You can either try to teach people how to do or make something or post vlogs, pranks, or comedy videos. Video gaming has also become a very lucrative vlogging avenue.

To receive any income from YouTube, you need to have at least 1000 subscribers and a total of 4000 hours of view time in a year before you can get significant pay-outs regularly. You may also get companies to endorse you in exchange for a few mentions or adverts on your YouTube channel. There are billions of people watching all kinds of YouTube videos each day and they can spread extremely quickly via social media channels. You can tap into this viewership by posting content that isn’t limited to a geographical area and by researching your target audience and what they are looking for.

Again, it is hard here to estimate an income amount as it varies hugely and very much depends on how you utilise your blog or vlog. As an Amazon Affiliate you can earn 4-8% commissions for every sale through your website for example and there are many other ways you can monetise a website, which you can learn more about here. Below are some examples of famous bloggers and vloggers so that you can gage what is possible and you will hopefully be inspired. You can also find listings of top bloggers in different countries on the SeekaHost Blog.

Low to moderate, ranging from £100 to £2,000 for essentials like website hosting, a quality camera, domain registration, and editing software.

For blogging and vlogging, essential tools include WordPress, Canva, and Grammarly for bloggers, while vloggers need a good camera, video editing software like Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere Pro, and social media management tools like Buffer or Hootsuite.

The average earning of a blogger/vlogger in the UK is approximately £31,598 per year, whereas a vlogger earns around £35,205 annually.

Podcasts are some of the best avenues to explore if you are great at sharing stories. Do you find that your voice and tone is popular with people? Are you an excellent interviewer, able to bring stories to life? Or maybe you easily captivate people with your words? Then you should start recording your own podcasts and either focus on relevant current affairs, interviewing politicians, experts in the field or thought provokers or tell funny, tragic and entertaining stories or even perform plays with a group of people.

Once you have built a large following, companies will pay you to mention their brand, products or services in your popular podcasts. You’ll need to invest in high quality equipment like headphones, microphones, computers and cameras. Learn more about well-known Podcast Hosting platforms to start off and get more exposure. And look at this list of the richest podcasters to date, check their podcasts out and develop your own million dollar podcast business plan.

Moderate; initial investments can range from £200 to £1,000 for equipment (microphone, headphones, editing software) and hosting services, depending on your production quality and needs.

Essential tools include a good quality microphone (like the Blue Yeti or Audio-Technica AT2020), audio editing software (like Audacity or GarageBand), podcast hosting platforms (like Libsyn or Podbean), and a soundproofing setup for clear audio recording.

In the UK, the average earning of a podcast producer and host is £38,452 per year (total pay around £41,028), while a podcast producer earns £36,698 annually, with a base earning range of £30,000 to £45,000.