Animation skills lead job postings at 33 percent, followed by Unreal Engine at 27 percent and C++ at 21 percent. The USA accounts for 27 percent of market activity. No postings this week mention AI tools in their requirements.
- Navisca Data, weekly
Art Trends64 art postings
Animation skills lead art demand this week with 27 postings, while Animator roles account for 10 of 64 art openings. Unreal Engine and Maya remain the primary tools artists need.
Roblox and Riot Games led with
178 postings each.
Animation topped the skill stack at
33%, ahead of Unreal Engine (27%) and C++ (21%).
Japan carried
563 of
2202 postings, with USA (557) and Canada (332) trailing.
29 more countries shared the long tail across 42 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-W412202 open postings, collected this week from 42 public hiring sources - studios' own careers pages and the public job boards they post to.Only currently-listed, public roles - nothing behind a login.