annotation jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-08-23, annotation appears in 140 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for AI Data Contributor roles, with demand down 43% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-23
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+Is annotation in demand in 2026?
Yes. annotation appears in 140 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-23, with demand down 43% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for AI Data Contributor roles (23% of AI Data Contributor postings list it).
+What jobs require annotation?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-23, the job titles most likely to require annotation are AI Data Contributor (23% of postings list annotation), AI Quality Evaluator (9% of postings list annotation), Product Manager (4% of postings list annotation).
+What skills are commonly paired with annotation?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-08-23), annotation most often appears alongside data labeling, evaluation, prompt creation, Image annotation, digital tools.
+Where is annotation most in demand?
As of 2026-08-23, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring annotation are San Francisco, New York City, Seattle, Bangkok, Cairo, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring annotation — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require annotation
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| AI Data Contributor | 32 | 22.9% |
| AI Quality Evaluator | 13 | 9.3% |
| Product Manager | 6 | 4.3% |
| Quality Assurance Lead | 6 | 4.3% |
| Data Analyst | 5 | 3.6% |
| Software Engineer | 4 | 2.9% |
| Audio Evaluator | 3 | 2.1% |
| Fullstack Software Engineer | 3 | 2.1% |
| AI Agent LLM Engineer | 2 | 1.4% |
| AI Data Annotator | 2 | 1.4% |
Top metros hiring for annotation
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 8 | 5.7% |
| New York City | 4 | 2.9% |
| Seattle | 4 | 2.9% |
| Bangkok | 2 | 1.4% |
| Cairo | 2 | 1.4% |
| London | 2 | 1.4% |
| Mountain View | 2 | 1.4% |
| Sunnyvale | 2 | 1.4% |
| Sydney | 2 | 1.4% |
Skills commonly paired with annotation
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-23. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- entity_id
- ce1fc745e694372c
- data_as_of
- 2026-08-23
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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