Annual Salary
£23,000 to £45,000
Average UK salary in 2023 was £34,963
(source Office for National Statistics)
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Interior designers plan the internal layout and decoration of public, commercial and residential buildings and spaces.
Average UK salary in 2023 was £34,963
(source Office for National Statistics)
You could work: evenings / weekends; attending events or appointments
There will be
0.5% more Interior designer jobs in 2027.
As an interior designer, you could:
You could work in an office, from home, in a creative studio or at a client's business.
You can get into this job through:
You could take a foundation degree, higher national diploma or degree in a subject like:
You'll usually need:
You could complete a college course, which may help you afterwards with applications for design assistant jobs or university courses. Examples include:
Entry requirements for these courses vary.
You could apply to do a Furniture Design Technician Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship, which may lead into an interior design assistant role.
To get onto an apprenticeship, you'll find it useful to have:
You could start as an interior design assistant with a company. With further training and qualifications you could become an interior designer.
You could join the British Institute of Interior Design for professional development and to make contacts in the industry.
You can get more details about careers and training in interior design from the British Institute of Interior Design and The Society of British and International Interior Design.
With experience, you might move into related work, for example:theatre set design; visual merchandising; exhibition design; lighting design; furniture design; ergonomics
You'll need: