Animation skills appear in one-third of postings this week, substantially ahead of Unreal Engine at 26 percent and C++ at 21 percent. The USA holds 26 percent of regional demand, while AI-related skills touch 12.5 percent of the overall market.
- Navisca Data, weekly
Art Trends88 art postings
Animation skills lead art demand at 45 postings, with Animator roles reaching 17 openings. Maya remains the primary tool sought across 35 postings this week.
Roblox and Riot Games led with
182 postings each.
Animation topped the skill stack at
33%, ahead of Unreal Engine (26%) and C++ (21%).
USA carried
586 of
2357 postings, with Japan (556) and Canada (343) trailing.
27 more countries shared the long tail across 39 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-W442357 open postings, collected this week from 39 public hiring sources - studios' own careers pages and the public job boards they post to.Only currently-listed, public roles - nothing behind a login.