Computer and Web Programming

Alternative Job Titles for Web Developers

• Technology Applications Engineer
• Web Architect
• Web Design Specialist
• Web Developer
• Webmaster

Job Tasks and Activities for Web Developers

• Analyze project data to determine specifications or requirements.
• Analyze user needs to determine technical requirements.
• Back up files from Web sites to local directories for instant recovery in case of problems.
• Collaborate with management or users to develop e-commerce strategies and to integrate these strategies with Web sites.
• Collaborate with others to develop or implement marketing strategies.
• Collaborate with others to resolve information technology issues.
• Communicate with network personnel or Web site hosting agencies to address hardware or software issues affecting Web sites.
• Conduct research to gain information about products or processes.
• Confer with management or development teams to prioritize needs, resolve conflicts, develop content criteria, or choose solutions.
• Configure computer networks.
• Create Web models or prototypes that include physical, interface, logical, or data models.
• Create databases to store electronic data.
• Create electronic data backup to prevent loss of information.
• Design websites or web applications.
• Design, build, or maintain Web sites, using authoring or scripting languages, content creation tools, management tools, and digital media.
• Develop databases that support Web applications and Web sites.
• Develop diagrams or flow charts of system operation.
• Develop models of information or communications systems.
• Develop or implement procedures for ongoing Web site revision.
• Develop specifications or procedures for website development or maintenance.
• Develop system interaction or sequence diagrams.
• Document design or development procedures.
• Document network-related activities or tasks.
• Document technical factors such as server load, bandwidth, database performance, and browser and device types.
• Document test plans, testing procedures, or test results.
• Establish appropriate server directory trees.
• Evaluate code to ensure that it is valid, is properly structured, meets industry standards, and is compatible with browsers, devices, or operating systems.
• Evaluate or recommend server hardware or software.
• Evaluate utility of software or hardware technologies.
• Install and configure hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) servers and associated operating systems.
• Install computer hardware.
• Maintain understanding of current Web technologies or programming practices through continuing education, reading, or participation in professional conferences, workshops, or groups.
• Monitor security system performance logs to identify problems and notify security specialists when problems occur.
• Monitor the security of digital information.
• Perform Web site tests according to planned schedules, or after any Web site or product revision.
• Perform or direct Web site updates.
• Provide clear, detailed descriptions of Web site specifications, such as product features, activities, software, communication protocols, programming languages, and operating systems software and hardware.
• Provide customer service to clients or users.
• Provide recommendations to others about computer hardware.
• Provide technical support for computer network issues.
• Recommend and implement performance improvements.
• Recommend changes to improve computer or information systems.
• Renew domain name registrations.
• Research, document, rate, or select alternatives for Web architecture or technologies.
• Respond to user email inquiries, or set up automated systems to send responses.
• Select programming languages, design tools, or applications.
• Test software performance.
• Update knowledge about emerging industry or technology trends.
• Update website content.
• Write computer programming code.
• Write supporting code for Web applications or Web sites.

Interests for Web Developers

• Conventional
  Following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting.
• Investigative
  Studying and researching scientific subjects and human behavior.

Skills for Web Developers

In order of importance

• Programming
  Writing computer programs.
  Importance: 78/100
• Critical Thinking
  Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
  Importance: 69/100
• Reading Comprehension
  Reading work-related information.
  Importance: 66/100
• Operations Analysis
  Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.
  Importance: 66/100
• Complex Problem Solving
  Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
  Importance: 66/100
• Active Learning
  Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.
  Importance: 63/100
• Active Listening
  Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  Importance: 63/100
• Judgment and Decision Making
  Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
  Importance: 60/100
• Speaking
  Talking to others.
  Importance: 56/100
• Writing
  Writing things for co-workers or customers.
  Importance: 53/100
• Systems Analysis
  Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
  Importance: 53/100
• Time Management
  Managing your time and the time of other people.
  Importance: 50/100
• Monitoring
  Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
  Importance: 50/100
• Coordination
  Changing what is done based on other people's actions.
  Importance: 50/100
• Systems Evaluation
  Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
  Importance: 50/100
• Service Orientation
  Looking for ways to help people.
  Importance: 47/100
• Persuasion
  Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.
  Importance: 47/100
• Learning Strategies
  Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.
  Importance: 47/100
• Social Perceptiveness
  Understanding people's reactions.
  Importance: 47/100
• Negotiation
  Bringing people together to solve differences.
  Importance: 44/100
• Instructing
  Teaching people how to do something.
  Importance: 44/100
• Quality Control Analysis
  Testing how well a product or service works.
  Importance: 44/100
• Mathematics
  Using math to solve problems.
  Importance: 44/100
• Technology Design
  Making equipment and technology useful for customers.
  Importance: 38/100
• Management of Personnel Resources
  Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.
  Importance: 35/100
• Operations Monitoring
  Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working.
  Importance: 31/100
• Troubleshooting
  Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work.
  Importance: 28/100
• Science
  Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.
  Importance: 25/100
• Equipment Selection
  Deciding what kind of tools and equipment are needed to do a job.
  Importance: 25/100
• Management of Material Resources
  Managing equipment and materials.
  Importance: 19/100
• Management of Financial Resources
  Making spending decisions and keeping track of what is spent.
  Importance: 19/100
• Operation and Control
  Using equipment or systems.
  Importance: 16/100
• Installation
  Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs.
  Importance: 6/100

Knowledge for Web Developers

In order of importance

• Computers and Electronics
  Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
  Importance: 85/100
• English Language
  Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
  Importance: 64/100
• Mathematics
  Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
  Importance: 59/100
• Communications and Media
  Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
  Importance: 55/100
• Design
  Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
  Importance: 49/100
• Customer and Personal Service
  Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
  Importance: 49/100
• Engineering and Technology
  Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
  Importance: 40/100
• Telecommunications
  Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
  Importance: 37/100
• Administration and Management
  Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
  Importance: 35/100
• Administrative
  Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
  Importance: 35/100
• Sales and Marketing
  Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
  Importance: 31/100
• Education and Training
  Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
  Importance: 31/100
• Fine Arts
  Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
  Importance: 26/100
• Public Safety and Security
  Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
  Importance: 24/100
• Psychology
  Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
  Importance: 23/100
• Law and Government
  Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
  Importance: 20/100
• Production and Processing
  Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
  Importance: 19/100
• Sociology and Anthropology
  Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.
  Importance: 19/100
• Economics and Accounting
  Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
  Importance: 19/100
• Philosophy and Theology
  Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
  Importance: 15/100
• Personnel and Human Resources
  Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
  Importance: 14/100
• Geography
  Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
  Importance: 11/100
• Foreign Language
  Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
  Importance: 8/100
• Physics
  Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes.
  Importance: 7/100
• History and Archeology
  Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
  Importance: 4/100
• Transportation
  Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
  Importance: 3/100
• Mechanical
  Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
  Importance: 2/100
• Therapy and Counseling
  Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
  Importance: 2/100
• Biology
  Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
  Importance: 2/100
• Medicine and Dentistry
  Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
  Importance: 1/100
• Food Production
  Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
  Importance: 1/100

Physical Abilities for Web Developers

In order of importance

• Deductive Reasoning
  Using rules to solve problems.
  Importance: 72/100
• Oral Comprehension
  Listening and understanding what people say.
  Importance: 69/100
• Written Comprehension
  Reading and understanding what is written.
  Importance: 66/100
• Near Vision
  Seeing details up close.
  Importance: 66/100
• Problem Sensitivity
  Noticing when problems happen.
  Importance: 66/100
• Information Ordering
  Ordering or arranging things.
  Importance: 63/100
• Inductive Reasoning
  Making general rules or coming up with answers from lots of detailed information.
  Importance: 63/100
• Speech Clarity
  Speaking clearly.
  Importance: 60/100
• Speech Recognition
  Recognizing spoken words.
  Importance: 60/100
• Oral Expression
  Communicating by speaking.
  Importance: 56/100
• Category Flexibility
  Grouping things in different ways.
  Importance: 56/100
• Fluency of Ideas
  Coming up with lots of ideas.
  Importance: 56/100
• Visualization
  Imagining how something will look after it is moved around or changed.
  Importance: 53/100
• Originality
  Creating new and original ideas.
  Importance: 53/100
• Selective Attention
  Paying attention to something without being distracted.
  Importance: 53/100
• Written Expression
  Communicating by writing.
  Importance: 53/100
• Mathematical Reasoning
  Choosing the right type of math to solve a problem.
  Importance: 53/100
• Flexibility of Closure
  Seeing hidden patterns.
  Importance: 53/100
• Perceptual Speed
  Quickly comparing groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.
  Importance: 50/100
• Speed of Closure
  Quickly knowing what you are looking at.
  Importance: 47/100
• Finger Dexterity
  Putting together small parts with your fingers.
  Importance: 44/100
• Number Facility
  Adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing.
  Importance: 44/100
• Visual Color Discrimination
  Noticing the difference between colors, including shades and brightness.
  Importance: 41/100
• Memorization
  Remembering words, numbers, pictures, or steps.
  Importance: 38/100
• Far Vision
  Seeing details that are far away.
  Importance: 35/100
• Wrist-Finger Speed
  Making fast, simple, repeated movements of your fingers, hands, and wrists.
  Importance: 25/100
• Manual Dexterity
  Holding or moving items with your hands.
  Importance: 25/100
• Arm-Hand Steadiness
  Keeping your arm or hand steady.
  Importance: 25/100
• Trunk Strength
  Using your lower back and stomach.
  Importance: 22/100
• Auditory Attention
  Paying attention to one sound while there are other distracting sounds.
  Importance: 22/100
• Control Precision
  Quickly changing the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.
  Importance: 22/100
• Time Sharing
  Doing two or more things at the same time.
  Importance: 22/100
• Depth Perception
  Deciding which thing is closer or farther away from you, or deciding how far away it is from you.
  Importance: 19/100
• Hearing Sensitivity
  Telling the difference between sounds.
  Importance: 19/100
• Dynamic Strength
  Exercising for a long time without your muscles getting tired.
  Importance: 6/100
• Response Orientation
  Quickly deciding if you should move your hand, foot, or other body part.
  Importance: 3/100

Tools and Technology used by Web Developers

• Computer servers
• Notebook computers
• High capacity removable media drives
• Desktop computers
• Personal computers
• Web platform development software
  • AJAX
  • Adobe Flex
  • Apache Struts
  • Apache Tomcat
  • Backbone.js
  • Bootstrap
  • Cascading style sheets CSS
  • Django
  • Drupal
  • Dynamic hypertext markup language DHTML
  • Enterprise JavaBeans
  • Ext JS
  • Extensible hypertext markup language XHTML
  • Extensible stylesheet language transformations XSLT
  • FlexBox
  • Google Angular
  • HashiCorp Vagrant
  • Hypertext markup language HTML
  • JavaScript
  • JavaScript Object Notation JSON
  • JavaScript framework software
  • Jekyll
  • JetBrains PhpStorm
  • LAMP Stack
  • MeteorJS
  • Microsoft ASP.NET
  • Microsoft ASP.NET Core MVC
  • Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP
  • Microsoft Commerce Server
  • Microsoft Visual InterDev
  • Node.js
  • Nunjucks
  • Oracle JavaServer Pages JSP
  • PHP
  • PhantomJS
  • RESTful API
  • React
  • RequireJS
  • Ruby on Rails
  • Spring Framework
  • Syntactically awesome style sheets SASS
  • Vue.js
  • Zend Framework
  • webpack
• Data base user interface and query software
  • Airtable
  • Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2
  • Amazon Redshift
  • Amazon Web Services AWS software
  • Blackboard software
  • FileMaker Pro
  • GraphQL
  • IBM Informix
  • MarkLogic
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Oracle Database
  • Oracle JDBC
  • Structured query language SQL
  • Transact-SQL
• Development environment software
  • Adobe ActionScript
  • Apache Ant
  • Apache Kafka
  • Apache Maven
  • Apache Subversion SVN
  • C
  • Common business oriented language COBOL
  • Eclipse IDE
  • Go
  • IBM Rational Rose XDE
  • Integrated development environment IDE software
  • Microsoft .NET Framework
  • Microsoft Azure software
  • Microsoft PowerShell
  • Microsoft Visual Basic
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition VBScript
  • Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications VBA
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe
  • Microsoft Visual Studio
  • Oracle Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition J2EE
  • Ruby
  • Web application software
• Object or component oriented development software
  • Advanced business application programming ABAP
  • Apache Groovy
  • Apache Spark
  • Apple Cocoa
  • C#
  • C++
  • Jupyter Notebook
  • Microsoft ActiveX
  • Microsoft Visual Basic.NET
  • Microsoft Visual C# .NET
  • Objective C
  • Oracle Java
  • Perl
  • Python
  • R
  • Scala
  • Swift
  • TypeScript
  • jQuery
• Operating system software
  • Apple macOS
  • Bash
  • Google Android
  • Hewlett Packard HP-UX
  • Job control language JCL
  • KornShell
  • Linux
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Windows Server
  • Oracle Solaris
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Shell script
  • UNIX
  • UNIX Shell
  • Ubuntu
• Data base management system software
  • Amazon DynamoDB
  • Amazon Kinesis
  • Apache Cassandra
  • Apache Hadoop
  • Apache Hive
  • Apache Pig
  • Apache Solr
  • Elasticsearch
  • MongoDB
  • MySQL
  • NoSQL
  • Oracle PL/SQL
  • Redis
  • Relational database management software
  • Teradata Database
• Application server software
  • Atlassian Bitbucket
  • Docker
  • GitHub
  • Kubernetes
  • Microservices Architecture
  • Oracle WebLogic Server
  • Red Hat OpenShift
  • Red Hat WildFly
  • Spring Boot
• Enterprise application integration software
  • Atlassian Bamboo
  • Common gateway interface CGI
  • Extensible markup language XML
  • Extensible stylesheet language XSL
  • IBM InfoSphere DataStage
  • Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services SSIS
  • Oracle Fusion Middleware
• Video creation and editing software
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Apple Final Cut Pro
  • Flipgrid
  • Kapwing
  • Screencast-O-Matic
  • Screencastify
  • YouTube
• Web page creation and editing software
  • Adobe Dreamweaver
  • Facebook
  • Google Sites
  • LinkedIn
  • Social media sites
  • Web content management system CMS software
  • WordPress
• Graphics or photo imaging software
  • Adobe Creative Cloud software
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • JamBoard
  • SmugMug Flickr
  • Trimble SketchUp Pro
• Enterprise resource planning ERP software
  • Microsoft Dynamics
  • NetSuite ERP
  • Oracle Fusion Applications
  • Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
  • SAP Business Objects
  • SAP software
• Business intelligence and data analysis software
  • IBM Cognos Impromptu
  • MicroStrategy
  • Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
  • Qlik Tech QlikView
  • Tableau
• Cloud-based data access and sharing software
  • Dropbox
  • Google Drive
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Slack
• Program testing software
  • Hewlett Packard LoadRunner
  • JUnit
  • Selenium
  • Travis
• Cloud-based management software
  • Amazon Web Services AWS CloudFormation
  • Google Cloud software
  • IBM WebSphere
  • Splunk Enterprise
• Configuration management software
  • Chef
  • Perforce Helix software
  • Puppet
• Word processing software
  • 3M Post-it App
  • Evernote
  • Google Docs
• Sales and marketing software
  • Google Ads
  • HubSpot software
  • Marketo Marketing Automation
• Analytical or scientific software
  • IBM SPSS Statistics
  • SAS
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
• Geographic information system
  • ESRI ArcGIS software
  • Geographic information system GIS software
• Content workflow software
  • Atlassian JIRA
  • Sitecore CMS
• Network monitoring software
  • Nagios
  • Wireshark
• Object oriented data base management software
  • Hibernate ORM
  • PostgreSQL
• Video conferencing software
  • Cisco Webex
  • Google Meet
• Desktop publishing software
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Microsoft Publisher
• Customer relationship management CRM software
  • Oracle Eloqua
  • Salesforce software
• Transaction server software
  • Customer information control system CICS
  • Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
• Graphical user interface development software
  • Figma
  • Salesforce Visualforce
• Instant messaging software
  • Atlassian HipChat
  • Blink
• Data base reporting software
  • Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services SSRS
  • SAP Crystal Reports
• Presentation software
  • Apple Keynote
  • Google Slides
• Project management software
  • Atlassian Confluence
  • Microsoft Project
• Process mapping and design software
  • InVision software
  • Microsoft Visio
• Spreadsheet software
  • Microsoft Excel
• Metadata management software
  • Quest Erwin Data Modeler
• Medical software
  • Epic Systems
• Electronic mail software
  • IBM Notes
• Enterprise system management software
  • IBM Power Systems software
• Expert system software
  • Ansible software
• Document management software
  • Adobe Acrobat
• Computer based training software
  • Moodle
• Desktop communications software
  • Skype
• Communications server software
  • IBM Domino
• Portal server software
  • Apache HTTP Server
• File versioning software
  • Git
• Office suite software
  • Microsoft Office software
• Financial analysis software
  • Delphi Technology
• Transaction security and virus protection software
  • NortonLifeLock cybersecurity software
• Data mining software
  • Google Analytics
• Requirements analysis and system architecture software
  • Unified modeling language UML
• Storage networking software
  • Amazon Simple Storage Service S3

Employment Industries for Web Developers

• Computer systems design and related services
  22,000 employed
• Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  6,500 employed
• Advertising, public relations, and related services
  5,000 employed
• Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services
  4,600 employed
• Software publishers
  3,900 employed
• Management of companies and enterprises
  3,200 employed
• Colleges, universities, and professional schools; state
  2,500 employed
• Colleges, universities, and professional schools; private
  2,400 employed
• Temporary help services
  2,200 employed