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Web Design and Development Professionals

Jobholders in this unit group design, develop and maintain websites to meet a client’s specified requirements.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£ 17,551
£ 31,170
£ 52,215

New workers start around £17,551. Normal pay is £31,170 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £52,215.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 51,853 vacancies for this type of job

3.10%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Activates the 'live' website.

  • Tests website interaction and performance prior to going 'live'.

  • Writes and publishes content for the website.

  • Establishes methods to ensure appropriate website security and recovery.

  • Designs and develops web interfaces for relational database systems.

  • Develops the website and applications.

  • Designs web pages including graphics, animation and functionality to maximise visual effectiveness and facilitate appropriate access.

  • Presents design options to the client.

  • Liaises with internal/external client in order to define the requirements for the website.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • JavaScript (Programming Language)

  • Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

  • React.js (Javascript Library)

  • Front End (Software Engineering)

  • HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

  • Agile Methodology

  • User Experience (UX)

  • PHP (Scripting Language)

  • User Interface (UI)

  • TypeScript

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communications

  • Research

  • Problem Solving

  • Management

  • Innovation

  • Detail Oriented

  • Planning

  • Self-Motivation

  • Mentorship

  • Customer Service

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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