Weekly issue

Issue 27 · 2026-W27 · 5 min read
This week's read

What we noticed in 2383 postings.

Animation skills appear in nearly a third of postings this week at 32.9%, outpacing Unreal Engine at 25.2% and C++ at 21.2%. The USA holds 25.4% of opportunities, while AI-adjacent roles account for 12.5% of the market. Roblox leads studio hiring with 140 postings.

Art Trends 68 art postings

Animation skills lead all competencies with 26 postings, while FX Artist roles edge ahead at 7 openings. Art positions comprise 51% of total Navisca postings this week.

Top art skills share of art postings see all skills
Animation 38%
Photoshop 24%
Top art roles share of art postings see all roles
FX Artist 10%
Top studios this week open art postings this week see all studios
2383postings
170studios
31countries
40sources

Roblox and Rockstar Games led with 140 postings each. Animation topped the skill stack at 33%, ahead of Unreal Engine (25%) and C++ (21%). Japan carried 593 of 2383 postings, with USA (556) and Canada (382) trailing. 28 more countries shared the long tail across 40 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-W27
Animation
33%
Unreal Engine
25%
Maya
21%
Lighting
14%
Houdini
14%
Rendering
10%
Modeling
10%
Unity
10%
Photoshop
9%
Nuke
9%

Tech skills

Most in-demand programming & pipeline this week.

Top tech skills · 2026-W27
C++
21%
Python
20%
C#
7%
Blueprints (UE)
4%
Git
4%
Perforce
4%
JavaScript
4%
ShotGrid
3%
TypeScript
3%
MEL
3%

Studios hiring

Studios with the most active postings this week.

Top studios · 2026-W27
Roblox
140
Rockstar Games
122
DNEG
116
Riot Games
113
Epic Games
106

Where the jobs are

Top countries by posting count this week.

Top countries · 2026-W27
593
556
382
206
91
74
69

About this issue's data

Where the numbers in this issue come from.

Week 2026-W27 2383 open postings, collected this week from 40 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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