The salary data was collected in Jul 00 Salary at 40 is for a Senior Designer. Design Directors can earn up to 100k. Very good designers can command high salaries with experience. London starting salaries 14 - 18,000. Can vary between companies from a Victorian factory environment to palatial design studios.
Freelancers rent small workshops sometimes in business units.
Jobs are quite widely available Most opportunities are in London and the South East, the Midlands and some large towns and cities in the North West and Scotland. Lifestyle implications Deadlines and pressures intrude on private life, with anti-social hours at times. There is scope for travel abroad to trade shows and the collections. Larger companies may support career breaks. More men have designer collections in high fashion.