Weekly issue

Issue 26 · 2026-W26 · 5 min read
This week's read

What we noticed in 2333 postings.

Animation leads skill demand at 33 percent of postings, while Unreal Engine and Maya follow at 25 and 21 percent respectively. The USA represents 26 percent of opportunities. AI-related roles remain at under 5 percent of the market.

Art Trends 80 art postings

Animation leads art-role demand with 38 postings, while animator roles rank second at 9 openings. Maya remains the most-requested skill across art disciplines.

Top art skills share of art postings see all skills
Animation 48%
Maya 38%
Modeling 24%
Top art roles share of art postings see all roles
Animator 11%
Top studios this week open art postings this week see all studios
2333postings
168studios
30countries
39sources

Roblox and Rockstar Games led with 142 postings each. Animation topped the skill stack at 33%, ahead of Unreal Engine (25%) and Maya (21%). Japan carried 592 of 2333 postings, with USA (549) and Canada (369) trailing. 27 more countries shared the long tail across 39 sources.

Skills on the move
trend over the last few weeks
More from this issue

Art skills

Most in-demand creative tools this week.

Top art skills · 2026-W26
Animation
33%
Unreal Engine
25%
Maya
21%
Houdini
14%
Lighting
14%
Modeling
10%
Unity
10%
Rendering
10%
Nuke
9%
Photoshop
9%

Tech skills

Most in-demand programming & pipeline this week.

Top tech skills · 2026-W26
C++
21%
Python
20%
C#
7%
Blueprints (UE)
5%
Git
4%
JavaScript
4%
Perforce
4%
ShotGrid
3%
MEL
3%
TypeScript
3%

Studios hiring

Studios with the most active postings this week.

Top studios · 2026-W26
Roblox
142
Rockstar Games
134
DNEG
117
Riot Games
113
Epic Games
106

Where the jobs are

Top countries by posting count this week.

Top countries · 2026-W26
592
549
369
207
88
70
58

About this issue's data

Where the numbers in this issue come from.

Week 2026-W26 2333 open postings, collected this week from 39 public hiring sources - studios' own careers pages and the public job boards they post to. Only currently-listed, public roles - nothing behind a login.

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