Animation remains the dominant skill requirement at 32.7 percent of postings, followed by Unreal Engine at 24.7 percent and Python at 20.7 percent. The USA accounts for 24.2 percent of market activity, while AI-adjacent tools appear in 10.5 percent of job listings. Roblox leads studio hiring volume with 141 postings.
- Navisca Data, weekly
Art Trends70 art postings
Animation skill leads at 28 postings this week, with Maya and lighting work remaining core demands. Art roles span animators, lighting artists, and concept artists across 70 total art openings.
Roblox and Riot Games led with
141 postings each.
Animation topped the skill stack at
33%, ahead of Unreal Engine (25%) and Python (21%).
Japan carried
567 of
2372 postings, with USA (527) and Canada (384) trailing.
29 more countries shared the long tail across 41 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-W312372 open postings, collected this week from 41 public hiring sources - studios' own careers pages and the public job boards they post to.Only currently-listed, public roles - nothing behind a login.