Weekly issue

Issue 30 · 2026-W30 · 5 min read
This week's read

What we noticed in 2393 postings.

Animation leads skill demand at 32.8%, followed by Unreal Engine at 24.0% and Python at 21.3%. The USA accounts for 23.7% of postings, while AI-related skills appear in 5.3% of the market. Roblox represents the largest single employer with 146 open positions.

Art Trends 83 art postings

Environment Artist roles lead art postings at 8 openings this week. Maya remains the most requested skill across art positions, appearing in 34 postings.

Top art skills share of art postings see all skills
Maya 41%
Animation 39%
Lighting 34%
Top art roles share of art postings see all roles
Top studios this week open art postings this week see all studios
DNEG 8
2393postings
175studios
32countries
44sources

Roblox and DNEG led with 146 postings each. Animation topped the skill stack at 33%, ahead of Unreal Engine (24%) and Python (21%). Japan carried 587 of 2393 postings, with USA (522) and Canada (381) trailing. 29 more countries shared the long tail across 44 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-W30
Animation
33%
Unreal Engine
24%
Maya
21%
Lighting
14%
Houdini
14%
Rendering
10%
Modeling
10%
Unity
10%
Nuke
9%
Photoshop
9%

Tech skills

Most in-demand programming & pipeline this week.

Top tech skills · 2026-W30
Python
21%
C++
21%
C#
9%
Git
5%
Blueprints (UE)
4%
Perforce
4%
JavaScript
4%
ShotGrid
3%
Arnold
3%
MEL
3%

Studios hiring

Studios with the most active postings this week.

Top studios · 2026-W30
Roblox
146
DNEG
112
Riot Games
111
Epic Games
99
2K Games
88

Where the jobs are

Top countries by posting count this week.

Top countries · 2026-W30
587
522
381
208
104
71
67

About this issue's data

Where the numbers in this issue come from.

Week 2026-W30 2393 open postings, collected this week from 44 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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