Interface developer vs developer

The differences between interface 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 an interface developer and a developer. Additionally, an interface developer has an average salary of $103,286, which is higher than the $100,076 average annual salary of a developer.

The top three skills for an interface developer include HL7, java and XML. The most important skills for a developer are javascript, python, and java.

Interface developer vs developer overview

	Interface Developer	Developer
Yearly salary	$103,286	$100,076
Hourly rate	$49.66	$48.11
Growth rate	21%	21%
Number of jobs	101,096	262,570
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Average age	39	39
Years of experience	4	4

Interface developer vs developer salary

Interface developers and developers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Interface Developer	Developer
Average salary	$103,286	$100,076
Salary range	Between $78,000 And $136,000	Between $76,000 And $131,000
Highest paying City	Oakland, CA	-
Highest paying state	California	Washington
Best paying company	Kaiser Permanente	-
Best paying industry	Health Care	Finance

Differences between interface developer and developer education

There are a few differences between an interface developer and a developer in terms of educational background:

	Interface Developer	Developer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Interface developer vs developer demographics

Here are the differences between interface developers' and developers' demographics:

	Interface Developer	Developer
Average age	39	39
Gender ratio	Male, 73.7% Female, 26.3%	Male, 74.9% Female, 25.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.7% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 8.4% Asian, 29.7% White, 52.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	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	8%	8%

Differences between interface developer and developer duties and responsibilities

Interface developer example responsibilities.

Manage testing staff ensuring proper utilization of test environment and use of debugging programs and procedures.
Replace unsupported java base FTP with a highly simplify batch FTP.
Set up encryption for files and protocols for sending files to vendors using Unix and FTP
Merge back end server to front end user interface for client product using JavaScript and JSP.
Design, develop, and test interface for product support website using HTML and JavaScript coding.
Have created ftp interfaces from scratch, mapping data fields, creating interface documents and setting up UNIX cron jobs.

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.

Interface developer vs developer skills

Common interface developer skills

HL7, 9%
Java, 9%
XML, 7%
SQL Server, 5%
JavaScript, 5%
HTML, 5%

Common developer skills

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