Senior web engineer vs web developer

The differences between senior web engineers 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 senior web engineer and a web developer. Additionally, a senior web engineer has an average salary of $108,643, which is higher than the $78,975 average annual salary of a web developer.

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

Senior web engineer vs web developer overview

	Senior Web Engineer	Web Developer
Yearly salary	$108,643	$78,975
Hourly rate	$52.23	$37.97
Growth rate	13%	13%
Number of jobs	301,969	227,881
Job satisfaction	-	3
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Average age	37	37
Years of experience	4	4

Senior web engineer vs web developer salary

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

	Senior Web Engineer	Web Developer
Average salary	$108,643	$78,975
Salary range	Between $82,000 And $142,000	Between $60,000 And $103,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	Bothell, WA
Highest paying state	California	Washington
Best paying company	Netflix	Google
Best paying industry	Internet	Professional

Differences between senior web engineer and web developer education

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

	Senior Web Engineer	Web Developer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Senior web engineer vs web developer demographics

Here are the differences between senior web engineers' and web developers' demographics:

	Senior Web Engineer	Web Developer
Average age	37	37
Gender ratio	Male, 87.6% Female, 12.4%	Male, 78.2% Female, 21.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.4% Unknown, 6.5% Hispanic or Latino, 12.0% Asian, 16.0% White, 58.6% 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 senior web engineer and web developer duties and responsibilities

Senior web engineer example responsibilities.

Develop Linux script to automate releases from code repository.
Manage authentication using ASP.NET forms authentication, windows authorization and ASP.NET membership.
Work with HTML, CCS, jQuery and PHP on a daily basis.
Update business from a static html Dreamweaver website into a Wordpress CMS instance.
Used MVC pattern to identify all Java classes that are used by JSP pages.
Review the database schema and identify the relationship between JAVA classes and the database schema.

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.

Senior web engineer vs web developer skills

Common senior web engineer skills

JavaScript, 10%
CSS, 6%
Html Css, 6%
Java, 6%
Python, 5%
GIT, 5%

Common web developer skills

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