Freelance web developer vs developer

The differences between freelance web developers and 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 freelance web developer and a developer. Additionally, a developer has an average salary of $100,076, which is higher than the $37,880 average annual salary of a freelance web developer.

The top three skills for a freelance web developer include web design, wordpress and HTML. The most important skills for a developer are javascript, python, and java.

Freelance web developer vs developer overview

	Freelance Web Developer	Developer
Yearly salary	$37,880	$100,076
Hourly rate	$18.21	$48.11
Growth rate	13%	21%
Number of jobs	168,006	262,570
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 68%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Average age	37	39
Years of experience	4	4

Freelance web developer vs developer salary

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

	Freelance Web Developer	Developer
Average salary	$37,880	$100,076
Salary range	Between $17,000 And $79,000	Between $76,000 And $131,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between freelance web developer and developer education

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

	Freelance Web Developer	Developer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 68%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Georgia Institute of Technology	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Freelance web developer vs developer demographics

Here are the differences between freelance web developers' and developers' demographics:

	Freelance Web Developer	Developer
Average age	37	39
Gender ratio	Male, 77.6% Female, 22.4%	Male, 74.9% Female, 25.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.0% Unknown, 6.7% Hispanic or Latino, 13.0% Asian, 13.3% White, 59.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 4.6% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 8.4% Asian, 29.8% White, 52.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	9%	8%

Differences between freelance web developer and developer duties and responsibilities

Freelance web developer example responsibilities.

Develop a new platform to manage the storage boxes and inventory using Laravel and D3.js.
Ensure sound design and programming techniques are deployed using PHP, JavaScript, MySQL, CSS, XHTML.
Design and develop a new website for the department using HTML5, CSS3, PHP, and JavaScript.
Resolve issues on clients' websites that drastically affect their functionality and performance using PHP, JavaScript, and CSS customization.
Recommend moving from current HTML pages to static PHP pages with search engine friendly URLs and MySQL for data manipulation.
Use of AJAX to for connecting to API's and sending form submissions while notifying users of success without page reload.

Developer example responsibilities.

Manage continuous integration, configure the servers using Jenkins.
Analyze and manage the project throughout SDLC, written/review specification documents.
Configure and manage JGroup multicasting communication for apache tomcat web servers.
Upgrade internal loan and prospect tracking system to be more responsive and utilizing the latest in CSS & HTML.
Implement this application, using object-orient Perl to dynamically generate HTML with embed JavaScript, interacting with back-end databases via DBI/DBD.
Integrate content feeds via JSON, XML, and RSS from both internal and external sources into web content management components.

Freelance web developer vs developer skills

Common freelance web developer skills

Web Design, 24%
WordPress, 8%
HTML, 7%
CSS, 7%
JavaScript, 6%
Html Css, 4%

Common developer skills

JavaScript, 7%
Python, 6%
Java, 6%
C++, 5%
API, 4%
CSS, 4%