JNI Contract Job Trends

Java Native Interface (JNI)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring JNI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 572 561 606
Rank change year-on-year -11 +45 +184
Contract jobs citing JNI 9 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.025% 0.009% 0.013%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.11% 0.040% 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile - £579 £558
25th Percentile £375 £591 £700
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £657 £750
Median % change year-on-year -31.51% -12.40% +15.38%
75th Percentile £525 £727 £800
90th Percentile - £741 £823
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £475
% change year-on-year - - -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.75 £69.00 -
Median hourly rate £56.50 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -19.29% - -
75th Percentile £61.25 £71.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

JNI falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,189 7,567 9,848
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.47% 21.88% 22.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,414 4,793 6,998
10th Percentile £351 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 105 175
10th Percentile £30.40 £21.55 £31.55
25th Percentile £43.00 £36.25 £46.18
Median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +19.05% -19.23%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.40 £74.70 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.00 £65.00 £51.89
% change year-on-year -1.54% +25.26% -20.17%

JNI
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing JNI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

JNI job vacancy trend in the UK

JNI
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JNI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JNI

JNI
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JNI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JNI

JNI
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JNI within the UK over the 6 months to 14 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -31 9 £450 -31.51% 5
London +5 8 £450 -31.51% 1

JNI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) AWS
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) JUnit
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Financial Institution
3 1 (11.11%) Games
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Software Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) Full-Stack Developer
3 3 (33.33%) Linux Developer
3 3 (33.33%) Unix Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Android Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (55.56%) Android NDK
1 5 (55.56%) Android SDK
1 5 (55.56%) iOS SDK
2 3 (33.33%) AngularJS
2 3 (33.33%) CSS
2 3 (33.33%) Electron
2 3 (33.33%) HTML
2 3 (33.33%) Node.js
2 3 (33.33%) React
3 1 (11.11%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Augmented Reality
1 6 (66.67%) Virtual Reality
2 5 (55.56%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (33.33%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Linux
2 8 (88.89%) Mac OS
3 6 (66.67%) Android
4 5 (55.56%) Apple iOS
5 3 (33.33%) CentOS
5 3 (33.33%) Unix
6 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Roadmaps
2 6 (66.67%) Software Engineering
3 5 (55.56%) Clean Code
3 5 (55.56%) Unit Testing
3 5 (55.56%) Use Case
4 4 (44.44%) CI/CD
4 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
4 4 (44.44%) Product Management
5 3 (33.33%) Android Development
5 3 (33.33%) AOP
5 3 (33.33%) Business Analysis
5 3 (33.33%) Design Patterns
5 3 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
5 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (22.22%) Open Source
7 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (11.11%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) Java
2 6 (66.67%) C++
3 4 (44.44%) Kotlin
4 3 (33.33%) C
4 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 3 (33.33%) Perl
4 3 (33.33%) Python
5 1 (11.11%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle
1 3 (33.33%) Red Hat