Image annotation jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-28, Image annotation appears in 83 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — AI Data Annotator has the most postings mentioning Image annotation, with demand down 70% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28

Postings · last 90 days
83
Demand vs prior month
down 70% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 24.1% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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Frequently asked questions about Image annotation

+Is Image annotation in demand in 2026?

Yes. Image annotation appears in 83 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 70% vs the prior 4 weeks. AI Data Annotator accounts for the most postings mentioning Image annotation (24.1% of all postings mentioning Image annotation).

+What jobs require Image annotation?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Image annotation are AI Data Annotator (90.9% of that role’s postings mention Image annotation), Generative AI Analyst (4.8% of that role’s postings mention Image annotation), AI Trainer (1.0% of that role’s postings mention Image annotation).

+What skills are commonly paired with Image annotation?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Image annotation most often appears alongside Large language models (LLMs), audio annotation, prompt creation, digital tools, prompt testing.

+Where is Image annotation most in demand?

As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Image annotation are San Francisco, East Hartford, Home, London, Marina del Rey, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new Image annotation content and jobs?

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Weekly job postings requiring Image annotation — last 90 days

Roles most likely to require Image annotation

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
AI Data Annotator2090.9%
Generative AI Analyst14.8%
AI Trainer41.0%
Full Stack Engineer30.2%
Machine Learning Engineer10.0%
Data Analyst10.0%

Roles with the most Image annotation postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
AI Data Annotator2024.1%
AI Data Contributor1214.5%
AI Content Contributor56.0%
AI Trainer44.8%
Full Stack Engineer33.6%
ML Data Associate33.6%
Robotics Technician22.4%
AI Data Labeler11.2%
AI Data Specialist11.2%
AI Response Analyst11.2%

Top metros hiring for Image annotation

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco22.4%
East Hartford11.2%
Home11.2%
London11.2%
Marina del Rey11.2%
Paris11.2%
Vientiane11.2%

Skills commonly paired with Image annotation

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning Image annotation by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Image annotation postings by all Image annotation postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. 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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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index