Corporate webmaster vs web developer

The differences between corporate webmasters and web developers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a corporate webmaster and a web developer. Additionally, a corporate webmaster has an average salary of $79,947, which is higher than the $78,975 average annual salary of a web developer.

The top three skills for a corporate webmaster include corporate web site, HTML and content management system. The most important skills for a web developer are javascript, html css, and HTML.

Corporate webmaster vs web developer overview

	Corporate Webmaster	Web Developer
Yearly salary	$79,947	$78,975
Hourly rate	$38.44	$37.97
Growth rate	13%	13%
Number of jobs	13,322	227,881
Job satisfaction	-	3
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Average age	37	37
Years of experience	4	4

Corporate webmaster vs web developer salary

Corporate webmasters and web developers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Corporate Webmaster	Web Developer
Average salary	$79,947	$78,975
Salary range	Between $59,000 And $107,000	Between $60,000 And $103,000
Highest paying City	-	Bothell, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Google
Best paying industry	-	Professional

Differences between corporate webmaster and web developer education

There are a few differences between a corporate webmaster and a web developer in terms of educational background:

	Corporate Webmaster	Web Developer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Corporate webmaster vs web developer demographics

Here are the differences between corporate webmasters' and web developers' demographics:

	Corporate Webmaster	Web Developer
Average age	37	37
Gender ratio	Male, 67.3% Female, 32.7%	Male, 78.2% Female, 21.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 5.4% Unknown, 6.2% Hispanic or Latino, 10.1% Asian, 11.5% White, 66.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 6.4% Unknown, 6.5% Hispanic or Latino, 12.0% Asian, 15.9% White, 58.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between corporate webmaster and web developer duties and responsibilities

Corporate webmaster example responsibilities.

Create, manage, update layout/content/database for corporate website using Photoshop and Dreamweaver.
Develop CGIs in Perl, JavaScript, Java Servlets, and HTML.
Content design and maintain with HTML/CSS, JavaScript, XML, PDF, and Photoshop.
Complete control, maintenance and development of websites in HTML5, CSS3, JQuery and JavaScript.
Create UNIX web development environments and web-base tools using PL/SQL and Perl for corporate software developers and web authors.
Administrate web sites and implement projects for both oracle and perl DBM backend database integration with the NT and NetWare platforms.

Web developer example responsibilities.

Lead front-end design and creation.
Manage high transaction databases including all database objects, triggers, procedures, user rights and functions.
Manage social media including Facebook advertising.
Interact with java controllers (JQUERY, AJAX, and JSON to write/read data from back end systems).
Used JSP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript to render the dynamic web pages (presentation layer) for the application.
Re-Design, update and maintain LinkWorth's WordPress plug-in using PHP and XML files to import data from LinkWorth's servers.

Corporate webmaster vs web developer skills

Common corporate webmaster skills

Corporate Web Site, 15%
HTML, 11%
Content Management System, 9%
JavaScript, 8%
Photoshop, 8%
Access Database, 8%

Common web developer skills

JavaScript, 8%
Html Css, 6%
HTML, 5%
CSS, 5%
Web Forms, 4%
JQuery, 4%