Data Annotation Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Data Annotation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Data Annotation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 444 - 399
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Annotation 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.004% - 0.009%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.005% - 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £342
75th Percentile - - £371
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate - - £342
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26.25
Median hourly rate - - £27.50
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £27.50

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Data Annotation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 20,774 11,981 17,600
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.66% 90.57% 82.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,373 7,418 10,359
10th Percentile £301 £235 £250
25th Percentile £403 £370 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £600
90th Percentile £680 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,213 908 2,191
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.13 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.33 £16.95 £15.47
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +8.91%
75th Percentile £68.00 £59.93 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.28 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.14% -25.26% +1.39%

Data Annotation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Annotation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Data Annotation job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Data Annotation
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Annotation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Annotation

Data Annotation
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Annotation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Annotation

Data Annotation
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Annotation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 June 2026. 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
South East - 1 - -
Data Annotation
UK

Data Annotation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Data Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Governance Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) B2C
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) DAMA
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Emotional Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infographics
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR