Weekly issue

Issue 32 · 2026-W32 · 5 min read
This week's read

What we noticed in 2352 postings.

Animation leads skills demand at 33.1 percent of postings, followed by Unreal Engine at 25.0 percent and C++ at 20.9 percent. The USA accounts for 24.4 percent of geographic opportunity. No postings this week mention AI tools.

Art Trends 70 art postings

Animation leads art demand with 28 postings, while Maya remains the most-requested tool at 27. Lighting and modeling skills each appear in roughly half as many postings as animation.

Top art skills share of art postings see all skills
Animation 40%
Maya 39%
Lighting 29%
Top art roles share of art postings see all roles
Animator 13%
Top studios this week open art postings this week see all studios
2352postings
182studios
33countries
46sources

Roblox and Epic Games led with 150 postings each. Animation topped the skill stack at 33%, ahead of Unreal Engine (25%) and C++ (21%). Japan carried 561 of 2352 postings, with USA (529) and Canada (397) trailing. 30 more countries shared the long tail across 46 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-W32
Animation
33%
Unreal Engine
25%
Maya
20%
Lighting
13%
Houdini
13%
Modeling
10%
Rendering
10%
Nuke
9%
Photoshop
8%
Unity
8%

Tech skills

Most in-demand programming & pipeline this week.

Top tech skills · 2026-W32
C++
21%
Python
21%
C#
9%
Git
5%
Blueprints (UE)
5%
Perforce
4%
ShotGrid
4%
Arnold
3%
JavaScript
3%
TypeScript
3%

Studios hiring

Studios with the most active postings this week.

Top studios · 2026-W32
Roblox
150
Epic Games
118
Riot Games
116
DNEG
96
2K Games
80

Where the jobs are

Top countries by posting count this week.

Top countries · 2026-W32
561
529
397
208
100
69
61

About this issue's data

Where the numbers in this issue come from.

Week 2026-W32 2352 open postings, collected this week from 46 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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