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Josh Peacock

CEO and founder of Search For Hire. Founder of SalaryGuide.com. Author of Autopilot Agency. Host of the Agency Growth Club podcast.

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Role
CEO & Founder, Search For Hire
Also building
Founder, SalaryGuide.com
Host of
Agency Growth Club — 150+ episodes
Track record
95% of roles filled within 28 days
Based
Algarve, Portugal & London, UK

Last verified · July 2026

Who is Josh Peacock

Josh Peacock is an Irish entrepreneur who builds hiring systems for the search marketing industry. He is the CEO and founder of Search For Hire — formerly SEO For Hire and Paid Media Jobs — a specialist recruitment company that places senior SEO and performance marketing talent with leading brands and agencies, filling 95% of roles in under 28 days.

He is the founder of SalaryGuide.com, a career intelligence platform built on more than 43,000 verified salary submissions from marketing professionals. Its research — including an analysis of 1,175 SEO job listings — has been cited across the industry, most notably for quantifying the salary premium commanded by AI-native search marketers.

Peacock is the author of Autopilot Agency, a playbook for agency founders building self-sustaining teams, and the host of the Agency Growth Club podcast, where he has interviewed more than 150 agency founders — from first hires to eight-figure exits. His commentary on hiring and the future of work has appeared in Forbes, the Independent, and CBS; his salary research has been featured by Moz and Kevin Indig's Growth Memo; and he was ranked among Favikon's Top 20 SEO experts in the UK.

The work

Two companies, a book, and a podcast — all built on one idea: hiring should run on systems, not hope.

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Who is Josh Peacock?

Josh Peacock is an Irish entrepreneur, the CEO and founder of Search For Hire (a specialist SEO and performance marketing recruitment company, formerly SEO For Hire and Paid Media Jobs), founder of SalaryGuide.com, author of Autopilot Agency, and host of the Agency Growth Club podcast.

What is Search For Hire?

Search For Hire is a specialist recruitment company founded by Josh Peacock that places senior SEO and performance marketing talent with brands and agencies, filling 95% of roles within 28 days.

What is Autopilot Agency?

Autopilot Agency is a book by Josh Peacock about how agency founders can move from day-to-day operations to high-level strategy by building elite, self-sustaining teams. It is available on Amazon.

What is the Agency Growth Club podcast?

Agency Growth Club is a weekly podcast hosted by Josh Peacock featuring interviews with agency founders, with more than 150 episodes on team building, hiring, and scaling marketing agencies.