{"name":"Applicant Demand for Robot Training Work (live data, 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026)","question":"Where do people who want robot training work apply, and which roles are short of applicants?","source":"Apply clicks made on RobotTraining.jobs, joined to the role clicked and the days each role was open.","publisher":"RobotTraining.jobs","url":"https://robottraining.jobs/research/applicant-demand","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","citation":"RobotTraining.jobs (2026). Applicant Demand for Robot Training Work (live data, 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026). https://robottraining.jobs/research/applicant-demand (accessed 10 Oct 2026)","frozen_at":null,"report":"applicant-demand","method":1,"edition":null,"window":{"from":"2026-09-12","to":"2026-10-09","days":28},"computedAt":"2026-10-10T21:13:49.526Z","summary":"From 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026, people on RobotTraining.jobs made 335 apply clicks; per open role, interest was highest in Embodied-AI Data Annotation (11.36x the average role) and lowest in Egocentric & Wearable Capture (1.81x).","stats":[{"id":"apply-clicks","value":"335","label":"apply clicks","figure":"weekly-apply-clicks"},{"id":"roles-open","value":"847","label":"roles open during the window","figure":"demand-per-role"},{"id":"most-demand","value":"11.4x","label":"demand per open role in Embodied-AI Data Annotation, against the average role","figure":"demand-per-role"},{"id":"top-decile-share","value":"100%","label":"of clicks went to the top 10% of roles","figure":"attention-concentration"}],"findings":[{"id":"most-clicked-kind","figure":"clicks-by-work-type","text":"Egocentric & Wearable Capture drew the most apply clicks: 53 of 187 (28.3%), followed by Embodied-AI Data Annotation (20.3%) and Data & Demonstration Collection (19.8%)."},{"id":"highest-demand-per-role","figure":"demand-per-role","text":"Per open role, Embodied-AI Data Annotation drew the most applicant interest: 0.8 apply clicks a week, 11.36x the average role. Egocentric & Wearable Capture drew the least: 0.13 a week (1.81x)."},{"id":"first-week-premium","figure":"demand-by-listing-age","text":"A role in its first 7 days drew 0.5 apply clicks a week; a role listed for more than 90 days drew 0.04 (the new role drew 14 times as many)."},{"id":"attention-concentration","figure":"attention-concentration","text":"The most-clicked 10% of open roles took 100.0% of apply clicks; 90.2% of the 847 roles open during the window drew none."}],"figures":[{"id":"clicks-by-work-type","title":"Apply clicks by kind of work","question":"Which kinds of robot training work do people apply to?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Kind of work","unit":"text"},{"key":"clicks","label":"Apply clicks","unit":"count","bar":true},{"key":"share","label":"Share of clicks","unit":"percent"},{"key":"roles","label":"Roles applied to","unit":"count","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"egocentric-wearable","href":"/roles/egocentric-wearable","cells":{"group":"Egocentric & Wearable Capture","clicks":53,"share":28.3,"roles":17}},{"key":"embodied-annotation","href":"/roles/embodied-annotation","cells":{"group":"Embodied-AI Data Annotation","clicks":38,"share":20.3,"roles":9}},{"key":"demonstration-collection","href":"/roles/demonstration-collection","cells":{"group":"Data & Demonstration Collection","clicks":37,"share":19.8,"roles":16}},{"key":"fleet-ops","href":"/roles/fleet-ops","cells":{"group":"Robot Fleet Operations","clicks":25,"share":13.4,"roles":13}},{"key":"av-drone-operator","href":"/roles/av-drone-operator","cells":{"group":"AV & Drone Operators","clicks":14,"share":7.5,"roles":14}},{"key":"teleoperation","href":"/roles/teleoperation","cells":{"group":"Robot Teleoperation","clicks":14,"share":7.5,"roles":10}},{"key":"robot-qa-eval","href":"/roles/robot-qa-eval","cells":{"group":"Robot Task Evaluation & QA","clicks":6,"share":3.2,"roles":4}}],"sample":"187 apply clicks on a specific role, from 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026.","notes":["A further 148 clicks went to an employer's own sign-up page rather than to one role, so they have no kind of work and are not in this figure.","Roles applied to: distinct roles that received at least one of these clicks."]},{"id":"demand-per-role","title":"Applicant demand per open role, by kind of work","question":"Which kinds of work are oversubscribed, and which are short of applicants?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Kind of work","unit":"text"},{"key":"rate","label":"Clicks per role a week","unit":"decimal","decimals":2,"bar":true},{"key":"index","label":"Index","unit":"index","decimals":2},{"key":"clicks","label":"Clicks","unit":"count","secondary":true},{"key":"open","label":"Avg open roles","unit":"count","secondary":true},{"key":"clickShare","label":"Click share","unit":"percent","secondary":true},{"key":"roleShare","label":"Open-time share","unit":"percent","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"embodied-annotation","href":"/roles/embodied-annotation","thin":false,"cells":{"group":"Embodied-AI Data Annotation","rate":0.8,"index":11.36,"clicks":38,"open":12,"clickShare":20.3,"roleShare":1.8}},{"key":"demonstration-collection","href":"/roles/demonstration-collection","thin":false,"cells":{"group":"Data & Demonstration Collection","rate":0.16,"index":2.26,"clicks":37,"open":58,"clickShare":19.8,"roleShare":8.8}},{"key":"robot-qa-eval","href":"/roles/robot-qa-eval","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Robot Task Evaluation & QA","rate":0.13,"index":1.89,"clicks":6,"open":11,"clickShare":3.2,"roleShare":1.7}},{"key":"egocentric-wearable","href":"/roles/egocentric-wearable","thin":false,"cells":{"group":"Egocentric & Wearable Capture","rate":0.13,"index":1.81,"clicks":53,"open":105,"clickShare":28.3,"roleShare":15.7}},{"key":"fleet-ops","href":"/roles/fleet-ops","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Robot Fleet Operations","rate":0.08,"index":1.07,"clicks":25,"open":83,"clickShare":13.4,"roleShare":12.5}},{"key":"teleoperation","href":"/roles/teleoperation","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Robot Teleoperation","rate":0.04,"index":0.62,"clicks":14,"open":80,"clickShare":7.5,"roleShare":12}},{"key":"av-drone-operator","href":"/roles/av-drone-operator","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"AV & Drone Operators","rate":0.01,"index":0.16,"clicks":14,"open":317,"clickShare":7.5,"roleShare":47.5}}],"sample":"187 apply clicks on 847 roles open at some point from 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026.","notes":["Clicks per role a week = apply clicks / (days the kind's roles were open / 7). It measures competition for each opening, not the size of the market: a kind with few roles and steady interest reads high.","Index: the kind's rate divided by the rate across all open roles. 2.00x means twice the applicant interest of the average role. Click share and open-time share are the kind's share of all role clicks and of all open role-days.","Rows marked as a small sample have fewer than 30 clicks or fewer than 3 roles open on an average day."]},{"id":"demand-by-pay","title":"Applicant demand by advertised hourly pay","question":"Do higher-paying roles attract more applicants?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Advertised pay","unit":"text"},{"key":"rate","label":"Clicks per role a week","unit":"decimal","decimals":2,"bar":true},{"key":"index","label":"Index","unit":"index","decimals":2},{"key":"clicks","label":"Clicks","unit":"count","secondary":true},{"key":"open","label":"Avg open roles","unit":"count","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"under-20","thin":false,"cells":{"group":"Under $20/hr","rate":1.86,"index":26.5,"clicks":48,"open":6}},{"key":"20-40","thin":false,"cells":{"group":"$20 to $40/hr","rate":0.14,"index":1.94,"clicks":40,"open":73}},{"key":"40-60","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"$40 to $60/hr","rate":0.55,"index":7.81,"clicks":14,"open":6}},{"key":"60-100","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"$60 to $100/hr","rate":1.5,"index":21.43,"clicks":4,"open":1}},{"key":"not-stated","thin":false,"cells":{"group":"No hourly rate stated","rate":0.03,"index":0.5,"clicks":81,"open":580}}],"sample":"187 apply clicks on a specific role, from 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026.","notes":["Pay is the hourly figure the posting advertises (the middle of a stated range). Roles paid per task or per project with no hourly figure are under 'No hourly rate stated'."]},{"id":"demand-by-listing-age","title":"Applicant demand by how long a role has been listed","question":"How quickly does interest in a new role fade?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Listed for","unit":"text"},{"key":"rate","label":"Clicks per role a week","unit":"decimal","decimals":2,"bar":true},{"key":"index","label":"Index","unit":"index","decimals":2},{"key":"clicks","label":"Clicks","unit":"count","secondary":true},{"key":"open","label":"Avg open roles","unit":"count","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"0-7","thin":false,"cells":{"group":"First 7 days","rate":0.5,"index":7.11,"clicks":44,"open":22}},{"key":"7-30","thin":false,"cells":{"group":"7 to 30 days","rate":0.15,"index":2.19,"clicks":41,"open":67}},{"key":"30-90","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"30 to 90 days","rate":0.02,"index":0.25,"clicks":19,"open":273}},{"key":"90-plus","thin":false,"cells":{"group":"More than 90 days","rate":0.04,"index":0.51,"clicks":42,"open":295}},{"key":"unknown","thin":false,"cells":{"group":"Listing date unknown","rate":1.01,"index":14.45,"clicks":41,"open":10}}],"sample":"187 apply clicks on a specific role, from 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026. A role's open days are split across the bands it passed through.","notes":["Age runs from the listing date the employer's job board states, or else from the day the role first appeared in the feed. Roles that came in with an employer's back catalogue and state no date are under 'Listing date unknown'.","RobotTraining.jobs ranks recently listed roles higher in its default order, which adds to the first-week figure."]},{"id":"demand-by-location-rule","title":"Applicant demand by who can apply","question":"Do roles open worldwide draw more applicants than roles limited to some countries?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Location rule","unit":"text"},{"key":"rate","label":"Clicks per role a week","unit":"decimal","decimals":2,"bar":true},{"key":"index","label":"Index","unit":"index","decimals":2},{"key":"clicks","label":"Clicks","unit":"count","secondary":true},{"key":"open","label":"Avg open roles","unit":"count","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"global","thin":false,"cells":{"group":"Open worldwide","rate":1.98,"index":28.18,"clicks":37,"open":5}},{"key":"include","thin":false,"cells":{"group":"Only listed countries","rate":0.06,"index":0.81,"clicks":149,"open":660}},{"key":"unknown","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"No rule stated","rate":0.11,"index":1.53,"clicks":1,"open":2}}],"sample":"187 apply clicks on a specific role, from 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026.","notes":["RobotTraining.jobs shows each visitor the roles open in their country first and hides roles their country cannot apply to unless they choose another country, so roles limited to listed countries are seen by fewer visitors."]},{"id":"attention-concentration","title":"How concentrated applicant attention is","question":"Do apply clicks spread across many roles or pile onto a few?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Roles","unit":"text"},{"key":"roles","label":"Number of roles","unit":"count","secondary":true},{"key":"share","label":"Share of apply clicks","unit":"percent","bar":true}],"rows":[{"key":"top-1","cells":{"group":"Most-clicked 1% of roles","roles":9,"share":39}},{"key":"top-10","cells":{"group":"Most-clicked 10%","roles":85,"share":100}}],"sample":"187 apply clicks on 847 roles open at some point from 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026, the roles ranked by the clicks each received (roles with none included).","notes":["9.8% of these roles (83) received at least one apply click."]},{"id":"weekly-apply-clicks","title":"Apply clicks per week","question":"Is applicant activity rising or falling?","series":true,"columns":[{"key":"week","label":"Week","unit":"text"},{"key":"clicks","label":"Apply clicks","unit":"count","bar":true},{"key":"perDay","label":"Per day","unit":"decimal","decimals":0,"secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"2026-09-14","axis":"14 Sep","cells":{"week":"14 to 20 Sep","clicks":32,"perDay":5},"thin":false},{"key":"2026-09-21","axis":"21 Sep","cells":{"week":"21 to 27 Sep","clicks":54,"perDay":8},"thin":false},{"key":"2026-09-28","axis":"28 Sep","cells":{"week":"28 Sep to 4 Oct","clicks":139,"perDay":20},"thin":false}],"sample":"All human apply clicks on RobotTraining.jobs, 14 Sep 2026 to 4 Oct 2026, by ISO week (Monday to Sunday, UTC).","notes":["Weekly totals grow with RobotTraining.jobs's own audience as well as with the market. To compare kinds of work across weeks, read the shares in the next figure."]},{"id":"weekly-mix-by-work-type","title":"Share of apply clicks by kind of work, week by week","question":"Is interest shifting between kinds of work?","columns":[{"key":"week","label":"Week","unit":"text"},{"key":"egocentric-wearable","label":"Egocentric Capture","unit":"percent","decimals":0,"heat":true},{"key":"embodied-annotation","label":"Data Annotation","unit":"percent","decimals":0,"heat":true},{"key":"fleet-ops","label":"Fleet Operations","unit":"percent","decimals":0,"heat":true},{"key":"demonstration-collection","label":"Demonstration Collection","unit":"percent","decimals":0,"heat":true},{"key":"teleoperation","label":"Teleoperation","unit":"percent","decimals":0,"heat":true},{"key":"av-drone-operator","label":"AV & Drone","unit":"percent","decimals":0,"heat":true},{"key":"other","label":"Other","unit":"percent","decimals":0,"heat":true}],"rows":[{"key":"2026-09-14","cells":{"week":"14 to 20 Sep","egocentric-wearable":0,"embodied-annotation":16,"fleet-ops":12,"demonstration-collection":24,"teleoperation":32,"av-drone-operator":16,"other":0},"thin":true},{"key":"2026-09-21","cells":{"week":"21 to 27 Sep","egocentric-wearable":13,"embodied-annotation":25,"fleet-ops":21,"demonstration-collection":21,"teleoperation":8,"av-drone-operator":8,"other":4},"thin":true},{"key":"2026-09-28","cells":{"week":"28 Sep to 4 Oct","egocentric-wearable":34,"embodied-annotation":18,"fleet-ops":20,"demonstration-collection":8,"teleoperation":6,"av-drone-operator":7,"other":7},"thin":false}],"sample":"Apply clicks on a specific role, 14 Sep 2026 to 4 Oct 2026, by ISO week. Each row adds up to 100% (rounded).","notes":["Columns are the six kinds of work with the most clicks over the whole period."]}]}