Animation leads technical skills at 33.9%, followed by Unreal Engine at 27.4% and C++ at 21.0%. The USA accounts for 25.6% of postings, while Roblox appears in 166 listings across the market. No current postings reference AI tools.
- Navisca Data, weekly
Art Trends65 art postings
Animation skills and Maya proficiency lead art-role demand this week, with 31 animation postings and 23 Maya mentions across 65 art positions. Unreal Engine, rigging, and cinematics round out the top technical skills artists should emphasize.
Roblox and Epic Games led with
166 postings each.
Animation topped the skill stack at
34%, ahead of Unreal Engine (27%) and C++ (21%).
Japan carried
546 of
2177 postings, with USA (517) and Canada (296) trailing.
26 more countries shared the long tail across 44 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-W382177 open postings, collected this week from 44 public hiring sources - studios' own careers pages and the public job boards they post to.Only currently-listed, public roles - nothing behind a login.