# Interior Designer UK

> Independent reference on the interior design profession in the UK: BIID and SBID routes, ONS pay data, designer fees and VAT, CDM 2015, Building Regulations and consents.

## Sections

- Careers and pay: https://interior-designer.uk.com/profession/ : The Careers and pay section covers how a person becomes an interior designer in the UK, which qualifications BIID and SBID recognise, and what employed and freelance designers earn according to ONS, Prospects and recruiter data.
- Hiring a designer: https://interior-designer.uk.com/hiring/ : The Hiring a designer section explains what UK interior designers charge, how VAT applies to design fees and renovation work, what a design contract must contain, and which health and safety duties CDM 2015 places on a homeowner who commissions building work.
- Regulations and consents: https://interior-designer.uk.com/rules/ : The Regulations and consents section maps interior work in England to the Building Regulations Approved Documents M, L, B and P, to listed building consent under the 1990 Act, and to the notice periods of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996.

## Articles

- Becoming an interior designer in the UK: https://interior-designer.uk.com/profession/how-to-become-an-interior-designer-uk/ : Routes into interior design in the UK: degree and HND entry grades, tuition fee caps to 2027, the Level 6 apprenticeship approved in 2026, and BIID and SBID fees.
- Building Regulations for interior work: https://interior-designer.uk.com/rules/building-regulations-interior-work/ : Which interior jobs in England need Building Regulations approval, with the exact clauses of Approved Documents M, L, B and P and the Party Wall Act notice periods.
- CDM 2015 for domestic clients: https://interior-designer.uk.com/hiring/cdm-2015-domestic-client-duties/ : How CDM 2015 treats a homeowner as a domestic client: who the duties pass to, when a designer becomes principal designer, and the F10 notification thresholds.
- Interior designer fees and VAT in the UK: https://interior-designer.uk.com/hiring/interior-designer-fees-uk/ : UK interior designer fees in 2026: hourly, fixed, percentage and per-room rates from BIID and dated price guides, plus the VAT Notice 708 rules for 20 and 5 per cent.
- Interior designer salary in the UK: https://interior-designer.uk.com/profession/interior-designer-salary-uk/ : Interior designer pay in the UK from the ONS 2025 survey: median 34,962 pounds, full-time median 36,485 pounds, percentiles, recruiter bands and freelance day rates.
- Listed building consent for interiors: https://interior-designer.uk.com/rules/listed-building-consent-interiors/ : When interior work to a listed building in England needs consent under the 1990 Act: the three grades, the fee-free 8-week application, and the section 9 penalties.

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