Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a web developer can go next

12 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a web developer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Web developers develop, implement and document web-accessible software based on the designs provided. They align the client's web presence with its business strategy, troubleshoot software problems and issues and look for ways to improve the application.

Also known as web application developer, web developers, web engineer, web specialist, web programmer.

Professionals 103 skills on file 12 career moves 10 above 60% overlap Closest: ICT application developer, 81%

Fig. 2 · Career map 6 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
industrial mobile devices sof… 79% covered digital games developer 78% covered user interface developer 77% covered ICT application configurator 76% covered ICT system developer 72% covered numerical tool and process co… 68% covered web developer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 6 nearest destinations from web developer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a web developer already covers. All 12 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A web developer needs 26 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • implement front-end website design working with computers
  • web services information and communication technologies (icts)
  • Joomla information and communication technologies (icts)
  • domain name service information and communication technologies (icts)
  • web based collaborative platforms information and communication technologies (icts)
  • content development processes arts and humanities
  • style sheet languages information and communication technologies (icts)
  • translate requirements into visual design communication, collaboration and creativity
  • use e-services working with computers
  • create flowchart diagram communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a web developer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Web developer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a web developer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.