annotation jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-18, annotation appears in 164 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for AI Quality Evaluator roles, with demand up 110% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-18
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+Is annotation in demand in 2026?
Yes. annotation appears in 164 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-18, with demand up 110% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for AI Quality Evaluator roles (11% of AI Quality Evaluator postings list it).
+What jobs require annotation?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-18, the job titles most likely to require annotation are AI Quality Evaluator (11% of postings list annotation), Software Engineer (7% of postings list annotation), Product Manager (6% of postings list annotation).
+What skills are commonly paired with annotation?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-18), annotation most often appears alongside data labeling, Python, quality assurance, RLHF, evaluation.
+Where is annotation most in demand?
As of 2026-09-18, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring annotation are New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, Berlin, London, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new annotation content and jobs?
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Weekly job postings requiring annotation — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require annotation
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| AI Quality Evaluator | 18 | 11.0% |
| Software Engineer | 11 | 6.7% |
| Product Manager | 9 | 5.5% |
| QA Expert | 8 | 4.9% |
| AI Data Contributor | 6 | 3.7% |
| Quality Assurance Lead | 6 | 3.7% |
| Data Analyst | 5 | 3.0% |
| Creative Design Specialist | 3 | 1.8% |
| AI Agent LLM Engineer | 2 | 1.2% |
| AI Data Annotator | 2 | 1.2% |
Top metros hiring for annotation
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 6 | 3.7% |
| San Francisco | 6 | 3.7% |
| Seattle | 6 | 3.7% |
| Berlin | 4 | 2.4% |
| London | 4 | 2.4% |
| Sydney | 3 | 1.8% |
| Amsterdam | 2 | 1.2% |
| Bangkok | 2 | 1.2% |
| Bengaluru | 2 | 1.2% |
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 2026-09-18. 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
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- 2026-09-18
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- 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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