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Unreal Engine is named in 251 open roles, Unity in 96, at the end of Oct 13

Among languages, Python appears in 265 roles and C++ in 264, from the hiring boards of 41 companies.

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Published Data as of
Open roles1,797
Naming an engine291
Most named engineUnreal Engine
Companies read41

Written by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model, from public records. Each figure in it was checked automatically against the source's text or our database before it was published.

Of 1,783 open roles at the end of Oct 13, 251 named Unreal Engine, 14.1%, and 96 named Unity, 5.4%. Godot was named in 3 roles. A role is one company's postings under one title, and a role that names an engine is evidence that its studio uses it, not a list of everything the studio uses. A role can name several technologies and counts under each, so the counts overlap; 290 open roles named a game engine we track.12345678

A week earlier, at the end of Oct 6, 253 open roles named Unreal Engine, 93 named Unity and 1 named Godot, out of 1,795 open roles. Over the week Unreal Engine was named in 2 fewer roles, Unity in 3 more and Godot in 2 more.9101112131415

Python was named in 265 open roles, 14.9%, and C++ in 264, 14.8%, followed by SQL in 145, C# in 110, Go in 101 and Java in 89. Against a week earlier, Python was up 2, from 263, C++ down 7, from 271, and Go up 5, from 96.1617181920212223242526272829

Among company groups, Epic Games had 71 open roles naming Unreal Engine, Tencent 63 and Take-Two Interactive 52. For Unity, Public Investment Fund had 31, Tencent 23 and Take-Two Interactive 10. For C++, Roblox had 81, Tencent 40 and Sony Group 38; for Python, Sony Group had 74 and Roblox 59. These groups differ in size: Roblox had 253 open roles in all, Sony Group 216, Tencent 193, Take-Two Interactive 156, Public Investment Fund 144 and Epic Games 71.3031323334353637383940414243444546

Our records cover the hiring boards of 41 companies in 31 company groups, so a company missing from these counts is not a company without openings. Our records of the boards begin on Sep 26, 2026, and a collector run began on 9 of the 18 days from then to the end of Oct 13; none began on Sep 27 to Sep 28, Sep 30 to Oct 5 or Oct 11. An open role is not a hire.474849507

How each figure was checked50 facts
  1. Open roles1,783 open roles at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  2. Open roles naming Unreal Engine251 open roles name Unreal Engine at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  3. Share of open roles naming Unreal Engine14.1% of the 1783 open roles at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC) name Unreal EngineOur database
  4. Open roles naming Unity96 open roles name Unity at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  5. Share of open roles naming Unity5.4% of the 1783 open roles at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC) name UnityOur database
  6. Open roles naming Godot3 open roles name Godot at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  7. what our records cover of the analysis (engines-in-demand-2026-10-13)Our records count roles, not postings: a role is one company's postings that share a title, so a role open in several cities is one role. A role is open at the end of a day when one of its postings had been seen by then and had not closed. An open role is not a hire, and a role that closes is not a role that was filled.Our database
  8. Open roles naming a game engine290 open roles name a game engine we track at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  9. Open roles naming Unreal Engine seven days earlier253 open roles named Unreal Engine seven days earlier, at the end of Oct 6, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  10. Open roles naming Unity seven days earlier93 open roles named Unity seven days earlier, at the end of Oct 6, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  11. Open roles naming Godot seven days earlier1 open role named Godot seven days earlier, at the end of Oct 6, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  12. Open roles seven days earlier1,795 open roles seven days earlier, at the end of Oct 6, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  13. Change in open roles naming Unreal Engine in seven days251 open roles name Unreal Engine at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC), against 253 seven days earlier, at the end of Oct 6, 2026 (UTC): 2 fewerOur database
  14. Change in open roles naming Unity in seven days96 open roles name Unity at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC), against 93 seven days earlier, at the end of Oct 6, 2026 (UTC): 3 moreOur database
  15. Change in open roles naming Godot in seven days3 open roles name Godot at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC), against 1 seven days earlier, at the end of Oct 6, 2026 (UTC): 2 moreOur database
  16. Open roles naming Python265 open roles name Python at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  17. Share of open roles naming Python14.9% of the 1783 open roles at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC) name PythonOur database
  18. Open roles naming C++264 open roles name C++ at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  19. Share of open roles naming C++14.8% of the 1783 open roles at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC) name C++Our database
  20. Open roles naming SQL145 open roles name SQL at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  21. Open roles naming C#110 open roles name C# at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  22. Open roles naming Go101 open roles name Go at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  23. Open roles naming Java89 open roles name Java at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  24. Change in open roles naming Python in seven days265 open roles name Python at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC), against 263 seven days earlier, at the end of Oct 6, 2026 (UTC): 2 moreOur database
  25. Open roles naming Python seven days earlier263 open roles named Python seven days earlier, at the end of Oct 6, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  26. Change in open roles naming C++ in seven days264 open roles name C++ at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC), against 271 seven days earlier, at the end of Oct 6, 2026 (UTC): 7 fewerOur database
  27. Open roles naming C++ seven days earlier271 open roles named C++ seven days earlier, at the end of Oct 6, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  28. Change in open roles naming Go in seven days101 open roles name Go at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC), against 96 seven days earlier, at the end of Oct 6, 2026 (UTC): 5 moreOur database
  29. Open roles naming Go seven days earlier96 open roles named Go seven days earlier, at the end of Oct 6, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  30. Open roles at Epic Games naming Unreal Engine71 open roles at Epic Games name Unreal Engine at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  31. Open roles at Tencent naming Unreal Engine63 open roles at Tencent name Unreal Engine at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  32. Open roles at Take-Two Interactive naming Unreal Engine52 open roles at Take-Two Interactive name Unreal Engine at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  33. Open roles at Public Investment Fund naming Unity31 open roles at Public Investment Fund name Unity at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  34. Open roles at Tencent naming Unity23 open roles at Tencent name Unity at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  35. Open roles at Take-Two Interactive naming Unity10 open roles at Take-Two Interactive name Unity at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  36. Open roles at Roblox naming C++81 open roles at Roblox name C++ at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  37. Open roles at Tencent naming C++40 open roles at Tencent name C++ at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  38. Open roles at Sony Group naming C++38 open roles at Sony Group name C++ at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  39. Open roles at Sony Group naming Python74 open roles at Sony Group name Python at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  40. Open roles at Roblox naming Python59 open roles at Roblox name Python at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  41. Open roles at Roblox253 open roles at Roblox and its companies at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  42. Open roles at Sony Group216 open roles at Sony Group and its companies at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  43. Open roles at Tencent193 open roles at Tencent and its companies at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  44. Open roles at Take-Two Interactive156 open roles at Take-Two Interactive and its companies at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  45. Open roles at Epic Games71 open roles at Epic Games and its companies at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  46. Open roles at Public Investment Fund144 open roles at Public Investment Fund and its companies at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  47. what our records cover of the analysis (engines-in-demand-2026-10-13)Our records, as of the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC), cover the hiring boards of 41 companies in 31 company groups: a company counts once it had a posting first seen by then, and a company that hires through a closed system such as Workday is not read, so a company missing from the figures is not a company without openings.Our database
  48. Companies whose boards we readWe read the hiring boards of 41 companies at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  49. Company groups whose boards we readWe read the hiring boards of 31 company groups at the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC)Our database
  50. what our records cover of the analysis (engines-in-demand-2026-10-13)Our records of the hiring boards begin on Sep 26, 2026, when they were first read: a role's age before then is not known. A collector run began on 9 of the 18 days from then to the end of Oct 13, 2026 (UTC). No collector run began on Sep 27 to Sep 28, Sep 30 to Oct 5, Oct 11, so a posting that opened and closed within those days is in no figure, and one that closed within them still counts as open until the first run after them.Our database

The record

Unreal Engine
252 roles, 253 a week earlier
Unity
96 roles, 93 a week earlier
Godot
3 roles, 1 a week earlier
Python
269 roles, 265 a week earlier
C++
264 roles, 271 a week earlier
SQL
147 roles, 147 a week earlier
C#
110 roles, 116 a week earlier
Go
102 roles, 96 a week earlier
Java
91 roles, 90 a week earlier
JavaScript
75 roles, 78 a week earlier
TypeScript
58 roles, 58 a week earlier
C
54 roles, 55 a week earlier
Rust
44 roles, 43 a week earlier
Lua
42 roles, 42 a week earlier
Kotlin
11 roles, 13 a week earlier
Swift
11 roles, 12 a week earlier

Open roles naming each engine and language

Python269
C++264
Unreal Engine252
SQL147
C#110
Go102
Unity96
Java91
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Sources

  1. Jobs tracker (roles listed on the companies' own hiring boards)
  2. How we collect our data

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