Weekly issue

Issue 33 · 2026-W33 · 5 min read
This week's read

What we noticed in 2330 postings.

Animation leads this week's postings at 33.1%, followed by Unreal Engine at 25.1% and C++ at 21.5%. The USA accounts for nearly a quarter of regional demand at 24.8%, while Roblox posts 149 positions across the market. No job listings currently mention AI tools.

Art Trends 52 art postings

Animator and Other Designers roles tie at 6 postings each this week. Unreal Engine demand continues to lead all art skills at 26 mentions, with Maya and Animation following at 19 and 18.

Top art skills share of art postings see all skills
Maya 36%
Animation 35%
Top art roles share of art postings see all roles
Animator 12%
Top studios this week open art postings this week see all studios
2330postings
180studios
31countries
40sources

Roblox and Epic Games led with 149 postings each. Animation topped the skill stack at 33%, ahead of Unreal Engine (25%) and C++ (21%). Japan carried 569 of 2330 postings, with USA (533) and Canada (391) 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-W33
Animation
33%
Unreal Engine
25%
Maya
20%
Houdini
13%
Lighting
13%
Modeling
10%
Rendering
10%
Nuke
8%
Photoshop
8%
Unity
8%

Tech skills

Most in-demand programming & pipeline this week.

Top tech skills · 2026-W33
C++
21%
Python
21%
C#
9%
Git
5%
Blueprints (UE)
5%
ShotGrid
4%
Perforce
4%
JavaScript
3%
Arnold
3%
TypeScript
3%

Studios hiring

Studios with the most active postings this week.

Top studios · 2026-W33
Roblox
149
Epic Games
131
Riot Games
116
DNEG
96
Digital Domain
78

Where the jobs are

Top countries by posting count this week.

Top countries · 2026-W33
569
533
391
204
100
68
60

About this issue's data

Where the numbers in this issue come from.

Week 2026-W33 2330 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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