Online content developer vs developer

The differences between online content 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 online content developer and a developer. Additionally, a developer has an average salary of $100,076, which is higher than the $92,160 average annual salary of an online content developer.

The top three skills for an online content developer include content development, java and web content. The most important skills for a developer are javascript, python, and java.

Online content developer vs developer overview

	Online Content Developer	Developer
Yearly salary	$92,160	$100,076
Hourly rate	$44.31	$48.11
Growth rate	13%	21%
Number of jobs	81,916	262,570
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 66%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Average age	37	39
Years of experience	4	4

Online content developer vs developer salary

Online content developers and developers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Online Content Developer	Developer
Average salary	$92,160	$100,076
Salary range	Between $69,000 And $122,000	Between $76,000 And $131,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between online content developer and developer education

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

	Online Content Developer	Developer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 66%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Most common major	English	Computer Science
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Online content developer vs developer demographics

Here are the differences between online content developers' and developers' demographics:

	Online Content Developer	Developer
Average age	37	39
Gender ratio	Male, 57.9% Female, 42.1%	Male, 74.9% Female, 25.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.9% Unknown, 6.7% Hispanic or Latino, 12.9% Asian, 10.8% White, 62.3% 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 online content developer and developer duties and responsibilities

Online content developer example responsibilities.

Manage intranet updates while administering user access to corporate projects.
Hand code ColdFusion (CFScript), JavaScript, XHTML and CSS.
Convert hundreds of legacy documents and pages from HTML into XML.
Develop and test the new inventory management system using ColdFusion and javascript.
Convert and publish documents and articles into XML for weekly content publication.
Develop elearning presentations using text, graphics, and animations in Microsoft PowerPoint.

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.

Online content developer vs developer skills

Common online content developer skills

Content Development, 22%
Java, 16%
Web Content, 9%
HTML, 9%
Html Css, 7%
JQuery, 5%

Common developer skills

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