Lead web designer vs web developer

The differences between lead web designers 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 lead web designer and a web developer. Additionally, a web developer has an average salary of $78,975, which is higher than the $62,015 average annual salary of a lead web designer.

The top three skills for a lead web designer include HTML, CSS and wordpress. The most important skills for a web developer are javascript, html css, and HTML.

Lead web designer vs web developer overview

	Lead Web Designer	Web Developer
Yearly salary	$62,015	$78,975
Hourly rate	$29.81	$37.97
Growth rate	13%	13%
Number of jobs	51,563	227,881
Job satisfaction	-	3
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 69%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Average age	37	37
Years of experience	4	4

Lead web designer vs web developer salary

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

	Lead Web Designer	Web Developer
Average salary	$62,015	$78,975
Salary range	Between $44,000 And $87,000	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 lead web designer and web developer education

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

	Lead Web Designer	Web Developer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 69%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Most common major	Graphic Design	Computer Science
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Lead web designer vs web developer demographics

Here are the differences between lead web designers' and web developers' demographics:

	Lead Web Designer	Web Developer
Average age	37	37
Gender ratio	Male, 71.9% Female, 28.1%	Male, 78.2% Female, 21.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.5% Unknown, 6.5% Hispanic or Latino, 12.0% Asian, 16.0% White, 58.5% 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 lead web designer and web developer duties and responsibilities

Lead web designer example responsibilities.

Update and manage constant flow of new & update web content for WordPress sites.
Manage preparation for all quality assurance audits for intranet and Internet AME applications.
Practice rapid website deployment using PHP/MySQL, JS, CSS, HTML, and other languages.
Redesign and develop Foxit website with html5 and CSS3.
Develop and used different theme profiles, and modules for loading the css and js for better performance.
Develop AI and UI for all pages on the corporate intranet and internet sites using HTML, and graphics.

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.

Lead web designer vs web developer skills

Common lead web designer skills

HTML, 8%
CSS, 8%
WordPress, 7%
UI, 6%
Web Design, 5%
Sketch, 5%

Common web developer skills

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