Search for remote work without a degree requirement and most of what comes back either requires one in the body text, or is not really a job. The genuine category is narrower than the search results suggest, but it is not empty.
Functions where output is measurable
The pattern is consistent: where an employer can measure the work directly, credentials matter less. Customer support, quality assurance testing, bookkeeping, technical writing, scheduling and inside sales all qualify.
In each case a hiring manager can assess capability in a short trial rather than inferring it from a qualification. That is what makes the degree filter unnecessary rather than merely unfair.
Support roles in particular hire on a written exercise and a call, which is close to a pure skills assessment.
Where the requirement is real but unstated
Marketing, analytics and most 'coordinator' roles at larger companies frequently screen on education even when the advert does not say so, because the applicant tracking system does the filtering before a person reads anything.
This is worth knowing so that a rejection is read correctly. It is often not about the application.
What substitutes for the credential
Demonstrable work. A support candidate with a portfolio of written responses, a QA candidate with logged bug reports, a bookkeeper with a certification from an accounting body — each replaces the signal a degree was standing in for.
The certification route is often underrated. It is cheaper and faster than a degree and, in the functions above, employers treat it as close to equivalent.