Weekly issue

Issue 34 · 2026-W34 · 5 min read
This week's read

What we noticed in 2370 postings.

Animation leads skill demand at 32.8% of postings, followed by Unreal Engine at 24.4% and Python at 21.0%. The USA represents the largest geographic market at 24.5% of opportunities. No current postings mention AI tools in job requirements.

Art Trends 74 art postings

Animation leads art-role demand with 10 postings, while animation skills appear in 32 listings. Maya remains the most-requested tool at 29 mentions across art positions.

Top art skills share of art postings see all skills
Animation 43%
Maya 39%
Photoshop 31%
Top art roles share of art postings see all roles
Animator 14%
Top studios this week open art postings this week see all studios
2370postings
182studios
31countries
41sources

Roblox and Epic Games led with 152 postings each. Animation topped the skill stack at 33%, ahead of Unreal Engine (24%) and Python (21%). Japan carried 570 of 2370 postings, with USA (533) and Canada (410) trailing. 28 more countries shared the long tail across 41 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-W34
Animation
33%
Unreal Engine
24%
Maya
20%
Houdini
13%
Lighting
13%
Modeling
10%
Rendering
9%
Nuke
8%
Unity
8%
Photoshop
8%

Tech skills

Most in-demand programming & pipeline this week.

Top tech skills · 2026-W34
Python
21%
C++
21%
C#
9%
Blueprints (UE)
5%
Git
5%
ShotGrid
4%
JavaScript
4%
Perforce
3%
TypeScript
3%
Arnold
3%

Studios hiring

Studios with the most active postings this week.

Top studios · 2026-W34
Roblox
152
Epic Games
132
Riot Games
112
DNEG
96
Scopely
84

Where the jobs are

Top countries by posting count this week.

Top countries · 2026-W34
570
533
410
211
100
69
59

About this issue's data

Where the numbers in this issue come from.

Week 2026-W34 2370 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.

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