Animation skills appear in nearly a third of postings this week, outpacing Unreal Engine by 7 points and C++ by 11 points. The USA accounts for roughly a quarter of the 2,390 total postings, while AI-related skills remain present in 4 percent of the market. Roblox leads studios with 149 postings.
- Navisca Data, weekly
Art Trends1066 art postings
Animation skill leads art postings at 541 mentions, while Animator roles comprise 121 openings. Maya proficiency remains the most-requested tool across art positions this week.
Roblox and DNEG led with
149 postings each.
Animation topped the skill stack at
31%, ahead of Unreal Engine (24%) and C++ (21%).
Japan carried
588 of
2390 postings, with USA (544) and Canada (379) trailing.
29 more countries shared the long tail across 74 sources.
Skills on the move
trend over the last few weeks
Skills on the move: the skills whose demand changed the most over the last few weeks. The blue number on the left is how many open postings name that skill right now; the line shows the week-by-week move; the arrow and % are the overall trend (green = rising, red = falling). Sorted by how much the demand actually moved.
Week 2026-W292390 open postings, collected this week from 74 public hiring sources - studios' own careers pages and the public job boards they post to.Only currently-listed, public roles - nothing behind a login.