Weekly issue

Issue 37 · 2026-W37 · 5 min read
This week's read

What we noticed in 2296 postings.

Animation leads the market at 31.9% of postings, while Unreal Engine and C++ form a secondary tier at 26.1% and 20.7% respectively. The USA accounts for just under a quarter of all postings at 24.4%, with Roblox emerging as the largest single employer at 163 open roles. AI-adjacent skills remain marginal, touching 4.1% of the market.

Art Trends 987 art postings

Animation skills lead at 541 postings this week, with Animator roles at 119 openings. Maya remains the most-requested tool among artists, followed by Unreal Engine and Photoshop.

Top art skills share of art postings see all skills
Animation 55%
Maya 37%
Top art roles share of art postings see all roles
Animator 12%
Modeler 6%
Top studios this week open art postings this week see all studios
2296postings
179studios
28countries
73sources

Roblox and Epic Games led with 163 postings each. Animation topped the skill stack at 32%, ahead of Unreal Engine (26%) and C++ (21%). Japan carried 562 of 2296 postings, with USA (521) and Canada (376) trailing. 25 more countries shared the long tail across 73 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-W37
Animation
32%
Unreal Engine
26%
Maya
19%
Lighting
13%
Houdini
12%
Modeling
10%
Rendering
10%
Unity
9%
Photoshop
8%
Nuke
8%

Tech skills

Most in-demand programming & pipeline this week.

Top tech skills · 2026-W37
C++
21%
Python
20%
C#
9%
Git
5%
Blueprints (UE)
5%
JavaScript
4%
ShotGrid
4%
TypeScript
3%
Perforce
3%
Arnold
3%

Studios hiring

Studios with the most active postings this week.

Top studios · 2026-W37
Roblox
163
Epic Games
136
Riot Games
112
Scopely
106
DNEG
88

Where the jobs are

Top countries by posting count this week.

Top countries · 2026-W37
562
521
376
205
86
70
67

About this issue's data

Where the numbers in this issue come from.

Week 2026-W37 2296 open postings, collected this week from 73 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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