Contract Architectural Design Jobs in the UK

25 of 25 Contract Architectural Design Jobs in the UK

Automation Architect

London, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
WWT EMEA UK LIMITED
highly skilled and experienced Automation Architect responsible for the end-to-end delivery of on-premise private cloud infrastructure automation solutions. The ideal candidate will bridge the gap between architectural design, process analysis, and hands-on implementation, ensuring that infrastructure is provisioned and managed efficiently via Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles utilizing a robust CI/CD pipeline … Git runner technology. This automation will specifically target the deployment and management of environments hosting Containers (e.g., Kubernetes, OpenShift) and traditional Virtual Machines (VMs) . Responsibilities Strategy and Analysis Architectural Design: Design and document the target state architecture for private cloud infrastructure automation, ensuring scalability, security, and maintainability for both VM-based and containerized platforms . Feasibility … enforce coding standards, security policies, and deployment patterns for all automated infrastructure deployments in the private cloud. Code Review: Participate in code reviews to ensure quality, efficiency, adherence to design specifications, and proper integration with the automation ecosystem. Delivery and Quality Assurance End-to-End Accountability: Maintain full accountability for the delivery and successful functioning of the developed on More ❯
Employment Type: Contract, Work From Home
Rate: Up to £650 per day
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Lead Technical Architect

Nationwide, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
Unify Talent UK
hands-on software development, ideally with experience governing applications built on strategic stacks, including Java (Spring Boot) and Python, and ensuring they align with cloud-native principles (AWS). Design & Documentation: Expert ability to develop and assure formal Architectural Design Plans (ADPs), Roadmaps, and other key architectural deliverables. Technical Authority: Ability to validate the technical approach … for emergent designs and provide domain-specific knowledge to improve overall architectural quality. People/Process Skills: Stakeholder Management (Varying Levels): Expert ability to manage stakeholders and influence senior leaders (Head of Architecture, Senior Delivery Managers) and technical teams across multiple delivery streams. Architectural Progression: Proven ability to actively drive the creation, review, and approval of Architectural Design Plans to ensure timely progression of strategic initiatives. Cross-Team Leadership: Demonstrated experience providing architectural governance and direction across several concurrent, independent agile teams. Please apply by submitting your latest CV for immediate review by our Talent team. Thank you More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: £650 - £700/day
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Enterprise Architect

London, United Kingdom
ERSG Ltd
remote ERP Implementation & Enterprise Transformation Are you ready to shape the digital future of our organization? Our client is seeking a visionary and pragmatic Enterprise Architect to lead the architectural design and strategic alignment of a new ERP system implementation. This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in a major digital transformation initiative, ensuring business … you're passionate about innovation, strategy, and driving enterprise-wide change-this role is for you. What will you do? Lead ERP Implementation and Enterprise Architecture Strategy: Drive the architectural design and integration strategy for the new ERP system. Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to define ERP requirements, capabilities, and roadmap. Ensure ERP architecture aligns with enterprise … wide goals, data governance, and security standards. Provide architectural oversight during solution design and implementation phases. Shape Enterprise Architecture & Strategy: Translate business strategy into enterprise architecture roadmaps and actionable plans. Facilitate alignment between business and IT, ensuring architecture supports current and future-state operating models. Analyze market and technology trends to identify innovation opportunities and risks. Develop and More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: £700 - £950/day Outside IR35
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Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer (GCVE Specialist)

London, United Kingdom
Adroit People Ltd
Greetings We are hiring Senior DevOps/Platform Engineer (GCVE Specialist) London 3 days onsite Key Responsibilities GCVE Management and Integration: Design, deploy, and manage GCVE environments, ensuring seamless integration with existing GCP services and on-premises infrastructure. Migrate workloads from traditional VMware environments to GCVE, optimizing for performance, cost, and security. Implement automation strategies for provisioning, scaling, and … balancers, VPNs, and connecting on-prem to cloud environments. Problem Solving: Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on automation and efficiency. Principal Network Architect Key Responsibilities Architectural Leadership: Lead the design and development of a secure, scalable, and resilient network architecture that supports the company's business objectives and cloud-first strategy. Software-Defined Networking … SDN): Design, implement, and manage enterprise SDN solutions, specifically Cisco ACI and VMware NSX-T , to automate network provisioning, improve agility, and enhance security posture. Integrate SDN architectures with physical and cloud-native environments for seamless hybrid connectivity. Security Integration: Architect and manage robust network security solutions using physical and virtual firewalls from vendors like Check Point and Palo More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: Up to £450 per day
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Enterprise Architect

Fareham, Hampshire, South East, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
Randstad Digital
to be' and transitional states Consult and support collaboration across the business Understand the organisation's ecosystem and its interdependencies, including reference architectures Take a strategic view across all architectural domains, portfolios and programmes Guide the organisation to make appropriate business, technology and data decisions by recommending reuse, sustainability and scalability, to achieve value for money and reduce risk … Establish architectural principles, policies and standards Collaborate and consult with stakeholders to assure business, technology and data decisions are aligned with enterprise architecture strategy Develop the architecture community Carry out horizon scanning across industry, identifying emerging trends and their potential impact and opportunity for the organisation Skills and experiences include: Architecture for the whole context. Assess how trends in … and industry practices might impact the organisation. Work with people outside of your organisation to inform policies, strategies and standards Anticipate changes to policy and build resilience through your architectural work. Coach others in identifying important trends Architecture Communication. Communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels, and across organisations, using architecture communication techniques. Mediate between people More ❯
Employment Type: Contract, Work From Home
Rate: £500 - £520 per day
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Enterprise Architect

Hampshire, South East, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
Advance TRS
to be' and transitional states * Consult and support collaboration across the business * Understand the organisation's ecosystem and its interdependencies, including reference architectures * Take a strategic view across all architectural domains, portfolios and programmes * Guide the organisation to make appropriate business, technology and data decisions by recommending reuse, sustainability and scalability, to achieve value for money and reduce risk … Establish architectural principles, policies and standards * Collaborate and consult with stakeholders to assure business, technology and data decisions are aligned with enterprise architecture strategy * Develop the architecture community * Carry out horizon scanning across industry, identifying emerging trends and their potential impact and opportunity for the organisation Skills and experiences include: * Architecture for the whole context. Assess how trends in … and industry practices might impact the organisation. Work with people outside of your organisation to inform policies, strategies and standards Anticipate changes to policy and build resilience through your architectural work. Coach others in identifying important trends * Architecture Communication. Communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels, and across organisations, using architecture communication techniques. Mediate between people More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
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SC Cleared Embedded Software Engineer

United Kingdom
Experis
customers. Responsibilities & Outputs: Working as part of a small embedded and application software engineering team, you will be reporting to the Project Technical Lead, responsible for system requirements development, architectural design, detailed design, implementation and verification of embedded C/C++ software. Responsible for designing and developing highly efficient and robust software. Responsible for the implementation, integration … and C++ software development on Linux. Experience of working in a rigorous engineering environment using configuration management and change management processes and tools. Knowledge and experience of the specification, design and implementation of complex software solutions. Experience of source control using git. Experience of developing for embedded platforms, including interfacing to FPGAs over PCIe. Experience using software design More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: GBP 600 - 650 Daily
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ServiceNow Architect

London, United Kingdom
Adroit People Ltd
are seeking a highly experienced and visionary ServiceNow Architect with deep expertise in Source-to-Pay (S2P) and Sales & Order Management (SOM) modules. The ideal candidate will lead the architectural design and strategic implementation of scalable, enterprise-grade solutions on the ServiceNow platform, enabling streamlined procurement, supplier lifecycle, and order management processes. Key Responsibilities: Define and own the … end-to-end architecture for ServiceNow solutions across S2P (SLP, SPO, APO) and SOM (Product Catalog, CPQ, Order Management) modules. Lead technical design sessions, establish architectural standards, and ensure alignment with enterprise IT strategy. Guide development teams in building robust workflows, integrations, and custom applications using REST/SOAP APIs and Integration Hub. Collaborate with business stakeholders, product More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: £450 per day
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Solutions Architect - Payments - 12 Month FTC

Nationwide, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
Hays Technology
a Solutions Architect with expertise in UK payments to join the team on a 12 month fixed term contract basis. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the architectural design of a modern, cloud-native banking ecosystem. Key Responsibilities: Define and deliver the payments technical roadmap in collaboration with the Payments Product Owner. Architect resilient, secure, and … solutions for inbound and outbound UK payments (Faster Payments, Direct Debit, CHAPS, BACS, payment cards). Work across multiple applications and data sources to support orchestration and processing. Apply architectural frameworks (TOGAF) and cloud technologies (Azure). Candidate Profile: Proven experience architecting UK payments solutions. Strong understanding of technology stacks, frameworks, and design patterns. Experience with Azure cloud More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: £80000 - £95000/annum Negotiable + Benefits
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Solutions Architect

Kent, United Kingdom
Clearwater People Solutions
Architect on a 6 month contract basis to work as part of an ongoing Microsoft cloud first transformation programme. The Solutions Architect will have experience of designing solutions and architectural expertise across Azure Infrastructure, Microsoft Purview, M365 collaboration tools and Dynamics Platforms. This is a 6 month contract looking to pay up to 700 per day inside of IR35. … of Azure Infrastructure solutions, ensuring scalability, security, and alignment with enterprise architecture. Define and govern data governance and compliance strategies using Microsoft Purview, integrating with broader data architecture. Lead architectural design and integration of M365 collaboration tools (Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange) to support modern workplace initiatives. Provide architectural oversight for Dynamics 365 platforms, including Finance, Operations, Sales More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: GBP 600 - 700 Daily
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Solutions Architect

West Malling, Kent, United Kingdom
Clearwater People Solutions
Architect on a 6 month contract basis to work as part of an ongoing Microsoft cloud first transformation programme. The Solutions Architect will have experience of designing solutions and architectural expertise across Azure Infrastructure, Microsoft Purview, M365 collaboration tools and Dynamics Platforms. This is a 6 month contract looking to pay up to £700 per day inside of IR35. … of Azure Infrastructure solutions, ensuring scalability, security, and alignment with enterprise architecture. Define and govern data governance and compliance strategies using Microsoft Purview, integrating with broader data architecture. Lead architectural design and integration of M365 collaboration tools (Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange) to support modern workplace initiatives. Provide architectural oversight for Dynamics 365 platforms, including Finance, Operations, Sales More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: £600 - £700/day Inside IR35
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Senior Cloud Engineer

Swindon, Wiltshire, South West, United Kingdom
Ncounter LTD
a secure engineering team, building and maintaining highly available Kubernetes and Terraform-based infrastructure for classified systems. Key Focus Hands-on cloud engineering within secure environments (more engineering than architectural design). Ownership of Kubernetes-based platform build, deployment, and optimisation. Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform in multi-tenant, air-gapped, and Terraform Cloud environments. Cloud-native testing More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
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Cloud Engineer

Swindon, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Ncounter
a secure engineering team, building and maintaining highly available Kubernetes and Terraform-based infrastructure for classified systems. Key Focus Hands-on cloud engineering within secure environments (more engineering than architectural design). Ownership of Kubernetes-based platform build, deployment, and optimisation. Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform in multi-tenant, air-gapped, and Terraform Cloud environments. Cloud-native testing More ❯
Employment Type: Contractor
Rate: £700 - £800 per day
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Systems Engineer

Portsmouth, Hampshire, South East, United Kingdom
Morson Edge
these technologies. Responsibilities: Requirements capture and definition from stakeholder needs through to sub-systems; ownership of traceability and verification. Verification Validation and Test (VV&T) support. Ground System level architectural design definition and trade-offs. Working with Engineering Leads and Partners to define the segment and associated sub-system architectures via integrated Working Groups. Technical proposal inputs. Solution … bidding teams. Systems Engineering and project management inputs as required - to support planning, schedule and cost activities. Inform stakeholders on progress and problem resolution. Requirements: Proven ability in the design, integration and roll out of end-to-end digital telecommunications systems (milsatcom desirable) covering space, control and ground segments using Waterfall or Agile methodologies. Ability to define solutions within … an Architectural Framework using Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and appropriate tools (EA desirable). Track record of engagement with customers and partners. Working understanding of portfolios in terms of satellite platforms and payloads, satellite control, mission control, network control. Robust presentation and writing skills. Additional information: Please note, due to the sensitive nature of this role all applicants More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: £41.10 - 55.00 per hour
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Systems Engineer MILSATCOM

Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Advanced Resource Managers Limited
Inside IR35) Responsibilities: Requirements capture and definition from stakeholder needs through to sub-systems; ownership of traceability and verification. Verification Validation and Test (VV&T) support Ground System level architectural design definition and trade-offs Working with Engineering Leads and Partners to define the segment and associated sub-system architectures via integrated Working Groups Technical proposal inputs Solution … planning, schedule and cost activities Inform stakeholders on progress and problem resolution Experience: University degree or equivalent in Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications, or related discipline Experience in the design, integration and roll out of end-to-end digital telecommunications systems (milsatcom desirable) coveringspace, control and ground segments using Waterfall or Agile methodologies Experience of defining solutions within an … Architectural Framework using Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and appropriate tools (EA desirable) Experience of engagement with customers and partners Working understanding of portfolios in terms of satellite platforms and payloads, satellite control, mission control, network control Robust presentation and writing skills Disclaimer: This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited More ❯
Employment Type: Contractor
Rate: Salary negotiable
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Systems Engineer

Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom
ARM
be involved in: Requirements capture and definition from stakeholder needs through to sub-systems; ownership of traceability and verification Verification, Validation, and Test (VV&T) support Ground System level architectural design definition and trade-offs Working with Engineering Leads and Partners to define the segment and associated sub-system architectures via integrated Working Groups Technical proposal inputs Solution … inputs as required Inform stakeholders on progress and problem resolution Your skillset may include: Degree or equivalent in Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications, or related discipline Experience in the design, integration, and roll out of end-to-end digital telecommunications systems Experience of defining solutions within an Architectural Framework using Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and appropriate tools More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: GBP 55 Hourly
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Information Assurance Consultant

City, London, United Kingdom
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
best practice. Collaborate with other security disciplines - including Cyber Operations, Physical Security, and Personnel Security - to manage and reduce data loss risks. Deliver formal technical assurance on system and architectural designs, ensuring appropriate security of information and processing facilities. Support incident management activities, offering expert input and response guidance. Required You'll bring both technical depth and strategic assurance More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: GBP 500 - 560 Daily
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Systems Engineer - VV&T

Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
programmes. Job Spec: Requirements capture and definition from stakeholder needs through to sub-systems; ownership of traceability and verification. Verification Validation and Test (VV&T) support Ground System level architectural design definition and trade-offs Working with Engineering Leads and Partners to define the segment and associated sub-system architectures via integrated Working Groups Technical proposal inputs Solution More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: £50 - £55/hour
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Cloud Security Engineer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
ARM
. Engage across multiple functions on a global level to build and deploy DevSecOps for Cloud environments. Perform Threat Modelling for Cloud-based Workloads and Develop Counter Measures. Perform design reviews of new 3rd party Cloud and/or On Prem solutions, products, and services to identify potential risks and recommend appropriate mitigations. Ensure Security overlay of all cloud … key stakeholders to develop and apply Cloud Security Policies, Standards and Principles Responsible for monitoring and driving Cloud Security Compliance during project lifecycle Delivering the technical aspects through plan > design > build for project & compliance security testing Responsible for development of solutions to secure architecture requirements and standards. Ensures accurate delivery progress reporting is completed and communicated to relevant stakeholders … Languages & Frameworks - JAVA REST services with Spring, Python, .NET, etc. Threat Modelling Skills with tools such as IriusRisk or similar; experienced at identifying security flaws in cloud solutions via architectural assessment and threat modelling. Experience in Cloud Security Risk Assessment/Cloud Security Assurance. Strong engineering and/or architecture experience in the fundamental Cloud Security Domains - Identity and More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: £540 - £585/day Inside IR35
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Lead Enterprise Architect

Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
GTC Recruitment Limited
As a Digital Lead Enterprise Architect , you will ensure design governance across our client’s digital estate. You will provide corporate governance and technical advice to digital programmes, projects, and services, ensuring alignment with strategy, policy, and design principles while considering customer requirements. You will influence and contribute to the digital strategy and direction, turning business problems into … robust technical designs. Key Responsibilities Specify technical requirements to support project objectives. Input technical expertise into service requirements. Develop, validate, and review conceptual, logical, and physical architectural designs. Manage architectural aspects of target design, policies, and standards. Work proactively to achieve stable and viable designs. Assist with supplier selection where appropriate to fulfil requirements. Maintain and develop … design principles, policies, and standards, authoring sub-strategy and related documentation. Interpret technical and business stakeholder needs to make decisions based on risk and complexity. Design systems with medium risk, impact, and technical/business complexity, working across multiple services or a single large/complex service. Essential Experience & Skills Hands-on experience as an Applications, Technical, Solution More ❯
Employment Type: Contractor
Rate: Salary negotiable
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Oracle Retail Techno-Functional Consultant

London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Lorien
including Stock Ledger, Sales Audit and Markdowns. Some of your responsibilities would include: Providing analysis to both technical and non-technical audiences. Demonstrate a substantial Oracle Retail, Retail domain design level of knowledge (SaaS & ONPREM) Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing Oracle retail modules (ONPREM/SaaS) customizations within MFCS Demonstrate Expertise working on a wide range of Integration … patterns Ability to define effective Architectural and Design guard rails that drive efficient design and development processes What will make you successful in this role: In database query language such as: Oracle - performance, EXA, etc. In programming using: Java, Pro C and PL/SQL In scripting languages using: JavaScript and shell script Experience must include experience More ❯
Employment Type: Contractor
Rate: Salary negotiable
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Lead Solution Architect Platform Strategy

Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Pontoon
days per week onsite in Warwick6 months£800 per day In short: We're seeking a Lead Solution Architect to drive a small team in delivering application/platform design ensuring a solid framework is in place for future planned solution architecture. In full: About the role: We are currently looking for a Lead Architect to join the Strategy … Lead Architect role is a strategic and delivery-focused leadership role responsible for shaping, assuring, and governing architecture across Connections Reform. This role acts as the single point of design authority, ensuring alignment with the business' enterprise architecture standards, digital transformation goals and business aspirations. The role is primarily located in Warwick, where the Connections Reform team is based. … weekly basis. Key Accountabilities Strategic Leadership Working with the wider team to define the end-to-end strategic solution for Connections Reform aligned with enterprise strategy. Develop and maintain architectural designs and roadmaps to transition to the strategic solution as required. Create capability models, identifying capability gaps and new capabilities that are required. Drive options and recommendations for review. More ❯
Employment Type: Contractor
Rate: Salary negotiable
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Enterprise Architect - 12 months - SC Cleared

Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
Involved Solutions
technology and data perspective, including 'as is', 'to be' and transitional states Understand the organisation's ecosystem and its interdependencies, including reference architectures Take a strategic view across all architectural domains, portfolios and programmes Guide the organisation to make appropriate business, technology and data decisions by recommending reuse, sustainability and scalability, to achieve value for money and reduce risk … Establish architectural principles, policies and standards Collaborate and consult with stakeholders to assure business, technology and data decisions are aligned with enterprise architecture strategy Develop the architecture community Carry out horizon scanning across industry, identifying emerging trends and their potential impact and opportunity for the organisation Develop, validate and review conceptual, logical and physical architectural designs Manage the … architectural aspects of the target design, policies and standards Work pro-actively to achieve stable, viable designs Assist with the selection of suppliers (where appropriate) to fulfil the requirements If you are available and interested, please apply in the first instance and you will be contacted to discuss the position further. More ❯
Employment Type: Contractor
Rate: £600 - £700 per day
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IT Consultant

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
General Dental Council
Service Desk, IT Operations, IT Infrastructure and Software Development. Support the Enterprise Operations Manager to actively manage relationships with suppliers/vendors. Review, Develop and implement IT policies and architectural and design standards/principles with respect to IT Service Desk, IT Operations, IT infrastructure, Software Development and Solutions Architecture. Provide full-service delivery responsibility; undertake technical planning More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: £60,000
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SAP Plant Maintenance/SAP PM

Kent, United Kingdom
Sentinel
scalable PM solutions, from blueprinting and configuration through deployment and integration with MM, PP, QM, and FI/CO. This role requires 10+ years of SAP PM experience , strong architectural and design expertise, and the ability to align technology with maintenance and reliability objectives. The ideal candidate will be confident engaging senior stakeholders, guiding project teams, and ensuring More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: GBP Annual
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Architectural Design
10th Percentile
£412
25th Percentile
£474
Median
£600
75th Percentile
£688
90th Percentile
£750