# Skilful Designers

> Free tools for UK freelance designers: day rate and project quote calculators, self-employed tax and VAT calculators, an invoice generator and a design brief template.

Free calculators, templates and plain-English guides for UK freelance designers: price your work, quote with confidence, invoice properly and get your tax right.

All tools are free, need no account, and run entirely in the browser; nothing a visitor enters is uploaded. Each tool page states the formula or standard it uses, with worked examples.

Built by Sumair Roudani (https://sumairroudani.com). Published by Avancera Solution. Contact: hello@skillfuldesigners.co.uk.

## Pricing your work

- [Freelance Day Rate Calculator](https://skillfuldesigners.co.uk/freelance-day-rate-calculator/): The day and hourly rate you need to hit your income after costs, holidays and admin time.
- [Salary to Day Rate Calculator](https://skillfuldesigners.co.uk/salary-to-day-rate-calculator/): Turn an employed salary into the freelance day rate that matches it, benefits included.
- [Design Project Quote Calculator](https://skillfuldesigners.co.uk/design-project-quote-calculator/): Build a quote from each stage of the job, with contingency, VAT and a deposit.

## Tax & VAT

- [Self-Employed Tax Calculator](https://skillfuldesigners.co.uk/self-employed-tax-calculator/): Income tax, Class 4 National Insurance and take-home pay for 2026/27.
- [VAT Calculator](https://skillfuldesigners.co.uk/vat-calculator/): Add VAT to a price or take it out, at 20%, 5% or any rate.
- [Late Payment Interest Calculator](https://skillfuldesigners.co.uk/late-payment-interest-calculator/): Statutory interest and compensation you can claim on an overdue invoice.

## Paperwork

- [Invoice Generator](https://skillfuldesigners.co.uk/invoice-generator/): Make a UK-ready invoice in your browser and save it as a PDF.
- [Design Brief Generator](https://skillfuldesigners.co.uk/design-brief-generator/): Answer a few questions and get a clear brief to agree with your client.

## Guides

- [How to Price Freelance Design Work](https://skillfuldesigners.co.uk/guides/how-to-price-design-work/): Day rates, fixed prices and value pricing, and how to pick between them.
- [Freelance Design Contract Checklist](https://skillfuldesigners.co.uk/guides/design-contract-checklist/): The clauses every design contract needs, from revisions to who owns the files.
- [Self-Employed Tax for UK Designers (2026/27)](https://skillfuldesigners.co.uk/guides/self-employed-tax-for-designers/): Registering, deadlines, expenses you can claim and Making Tax Digital.
- [How to Chase a Late Invoice](https://skillfuldesigners.co.uk/guides/chasing-late-payments/): A step-by-step plan, the wording to use and your legal rights.
- [Late Payment Interest in the UK (2026)](https://skillfuldesigners.co.uk/guides/late-payment-interest-uk/): The 11.75% rate, why it doesn’t change when the base rate moves, the formula and worked examples.

## Exact answers

Hubs of single-question pages, each with the computed answer, the working and a link to the tool.

- [Self-employed tax by profit](https://skillfuldesigners.co.uk/self-employed-tax/): Income Tax and Class 4 National Insurance at 2026/27 rates (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) for common profit levels.
- [Day rate after tax](https://skillfuldesigners.co.uk/day-rate-take-home/): Take-home pay for UK freelance day rates of £150 to £1,000 at 2026/27 rates, at different numbers of billable days, with the VAT threshold flagged.
- [Late payment interest by invoice amount](https://skillfuldesigners.co.uk/late-payment-interest-calculator/): Statutory interest and fixed compensation for common overdue invoice amounts.

## Optional

- [About](https://skillfuldesigners.co.uk/about/): who builds the site and how the tools are checked
- [Sitemap](https://skillfuldesigners.co.uk/sitemap-index.xml)