Web Developers
Tasks Include:
- Design, build, or maintain Web sites, using authoring or scripting languages, content creation tools, management tools, and digital media.
- Perform or direct Web site updates.
- Confer with management or development teams to prioritize needs, resolve conflicts, develop content criteria, or choose solutions.
- Back up files from Web sites to local directories for instant recovery in case of problems.
- Evaluate code to ensure that it is valid, is properly structured, meets industry standards, and is compatible with browsers, devices, or operating systems.
- Maintain understanding of current Web technologies or programming practices through continuing education, reading, or participation in professional conferences, workshops, or groups.
- Analyze user needs to determine technical requirements.
- Develop databases that support Web applications and Web sites.
- Renew domain name registrations.
- Collaborate with management or users to develop e-commerce strategies and to integrate these strategies with Web sites.
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Projections Quick View:
Virginia: No Data
National: +30.2%
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone:
Three: Medium Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$78,580.00
State
$101,060.00
Regional
Web Developers
Description
Career Cluster: | Information Technology |
Develop and implement websites, web applications, application databases, and interactive web interfaces. Evaluate code to ensure that it is properly structured, meets industry standards, and is compatible with browsers and devices. Optimize website performance, scalability, and server-side code and processes. May develop website infrastructure and integrate websites with other computer applications.
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Education
Required Level of Education
- Bachelor's Degree = 45.83%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 16.67%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 16.67%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 8.33%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 4.17%
- Some College Courses = 4.17%
- Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master. = 4.17%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 29.17%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 25%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 20.83%
- None = 12.50%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 12.50%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- None = 41.67%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 16.67%
- Up to and including 1 month = 12.50%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 12.50%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 12.50%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 4.17%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 29.17%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 16.67%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 16.67%
- None or short demonstration = 12.50%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 12.50%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 8.33%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 4.17%
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Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Design, build, or maintain Web sites, using authoring or scripting languages, content creation tools, management tools, and digital media.
- Perform or direct Web site updates.
- Confer with management or development teams to prioritize needs, resolve conflicts, develop content criteria, or choose solutions.
- Back up files from Web sites to local directories for instant recovery in case of problems.
- Evaluate code to ensure that it is valid, is properly structured, meets industry standards, and is compatible with browsers, devices, or operating systems.
- Maintain understanding of current Web technologies or programming practices through continuing education, reading, or participation in professional conferences, workshops, or groups.
- Analyze user needs to determine technical requirements.
- Develop databases that support Web applications and Web sites.
- Renew domain name registrations.
- Collaborate with management or users to develop e-commerce strategies and to integrate these strategies with Web sites.
- Write supporting code for Web applications or Web sites.
- Communicate with network personnel or Web site hosting agencies to address hardware or software issues affecting Web sites.
- Perform Web site tests according to planned schedules, or after any Web site or product revision.
- Select programming languages, design tools, or applications.
- Respond to user email inquiries, or set up automated systems to send responses.
- Develop or implement procedures for ongoing Web site revision.
- Establish appropriate server directory trees.
- Recommend and implement performance improvements.
- Provide clear, detailed descriptions of Web site specifications, such as product features, activities, software, communication protocols, programming languages, and operating systems software and hardware.
- Create Web models or prototypes that include physical, interface, logical, or data models.
- Evaluate or recommend server hardware or software.
- Document test plans, testing procedures, or test results.
- Document technical factors such as server load, bandwidth, database performance, and browser and device types.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Monitor security system performance logs to identify problems and notify security specialists when problems occur.
- Research, document, rate, or select alternatives for Web architecture or technologies.
- Install and configure hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) servers and associated operating systems.
- Develop system interaction or sequence diagrams.
Tasks Include:
- Design and implement Web site security measures, such as firewalls and message encryption.
- Incorporate technical considerations into Web site design plans, such as budgets, equipment, performance requirements, and legal issues including accessibility and privacy.
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Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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84.50 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
63.50 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
58.75 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
55.25 | 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. |
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
78.00 | Programming | Writing computer programs for various purposes. |
68.75 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
65.50 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
65.50 | Operations Analysis | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. |
65.50 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
62.50 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
62.50 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
59.50 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
56.25 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
53.00 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
53.00 | Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
50.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
50.00 | Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
50.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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72.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
68.75 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
65.50 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
65.50 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
65.50 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
62.50 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
62.50 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
59.50 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
59.50 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
56.25 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
56.25 | Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
56.25 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
53.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
53.00 | Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
53.00 | Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
53.00 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
53.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
53.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
50.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
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Web Developers
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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97.00 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
87.00 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
84.50 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
82.25 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
81.25 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
78.25 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
72.75 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
72.00 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
66.75 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
63.50 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
63.50 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
61.50 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
61.50 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
58.25 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
58.25 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
58.25 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
58.25 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
57.25 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
56.25 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
51.00 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
51.00 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
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90.50 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
79.25 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
79.25 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
78.00 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
76.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
75.00 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
74.00 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
74.00 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
73.00 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
69.75 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
68.75 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
67.75 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
57.25 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
77.83 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
72.17 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
66.67 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
66.67 | Recognition | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status. |
55.50 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
50.00 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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95.80 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
95.80 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
88.40 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
87.60 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
86.60 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
85.00 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
83.40 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
83.40 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
81.60 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
80.80 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
80.00 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
80.00 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
77.60 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
76.60 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
70.00 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
65.00 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
64.20 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
62.40 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
60.80 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
57.60 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
57.60 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
55.00 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
55.00 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
50.80 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
50.00 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
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Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, desktop publishers, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters and simultaneous captioners, and medical assistants.
- Education
- Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $40,460.00 | $78,580.00 | $108,550.00 |
Virginia | $42,680.00 | $101,060.00 | $126,220.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 95,300 | 124,100 | +30.2% |
Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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