Weekly issue

Issue 39 · 2026-W39 · 5 min read
This week's read

What we noticed in 2239 postings.

Animation leads the skill landscape at 32.7 percent, followed by Unreal Engine at 26.8 percent and C++ at 20.6 percent. Roblox posts the highest volume with 176 listings, while the USA holds 25.9 percent of geographic demand. No postings this week mention AI tools.

Art Trends 65 art postings

Animation skill leads art postings at 31 mentions, while Animator roles lead at 11 openings. Maya and Unreal Engine remain core tools across the 65 art positions this week.

Top art skills share of art postings see all skills
Animation 48%
Maya 38%
Top art roles share of art postings see all roles
Animator 17%
Top studios this week open art postings this week see all studios
Beffio 7
2239postings
174studios
31countries
44sources

Roblox and Epic Games led with 176 postings each. Animation topped the skill stack at 33%, ahead of Unreal Engine (27%) and C++ (21%). Japan carried 564 of 2239 postings, with USA (546) and Canada (338) trailing. 28 more countries shared the long tail across 44 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-W39
Animation
33%
Unreal Engine
27%
Maya
19%
Lighting
13%
Houdini
11%
Modeling
11%
Rendering
9%
Unity
9%
Photoshop
9%
Nuke
8%

Tech skills

Most in-demand programming & pipeline this week.

Top tech skills · 2026-W39
C++
21%
Python
20%
C#
8%
Blueprints (UE)
5%
Git
5%
JavaScript
4%
ShotGrid
4%
TypeScript
4%
Arnold
3%
Perforce
3%

Studios hiring

Studios with the most active postings this week.

Top studios · 2026-W39
Roblox
176
Epic Games
127
Riot Games
106
Scopely
92
DNEG
80

Where the jobs are

Top countries by posting count this week.

Top countries · 2026-W39
564
546
338
190
87
64
63

About this issue's data

Where the numbers in this issue come from.

Week 2026-W39 2239 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.

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