How To Become A Web Developer/Analyst: What It Is and Career Path

What is a web developer/analyst and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

2 min read

Quoted expert

Eduardo Zambrano

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to being a web developer/analyst. For example, did you know that they make an average of $40.48 an hour? That's $84,195 a year! Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow 13% and produce 20,900 job opportunities across the U.S.

What general advice would you give to a web developer/analyst?

Eduardo Zambrano

Professor of Economics, Orfalea College of Business

First, here is some 'technical' advice:
Every Economics graduate should feel very comfortable with coding and data management. This training can be obtained, if your school does not offer it, by attending software and data carpentry workshops online (https://carpentries.org/). A graduate with good Python and R skills, and working knowledge of SQL, will stand out in a crowded field, no matter what sub-field of economics the graduate may be interested in.

Now, here is some 'big picture' advice:
Economic data does not analyze itself, and it does not come from 'nature.' Economic data is the result of the decisions of individuals. To understand data generated by a human activity, you need to think about the incentives that lead individuals to make the decisions that are captured in this data. Therefore, knowledge of econometrics is essential, as it is knowledge of economic theory. What distinguishes Economists from other kinds of data analysts is this emphasis on the understanding that if you do not factor accurately how individuals respond to incentives in the analysis of your data, your review is likely to be flawed or, at least, incomplete. Getting good at this way of data analysis takes many years, and graduates should be prepared to continue learning how to do this well past their college years. With this advice comes a caveat, and an acknowledgment of responsibility: every data analyst must understand that decisions based on data have ethical implications, and can affect some gender or ethnic groups in different ways. These considerations must be explicitly addressed, or the analyst may provide biased and ultimately undesirable advice to the decision-makers.

ScoreWeb Developer/AnalystUS Average

Salary

6.6

Avg. Salary $84,195

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level

5.2

Growth rate 13%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity

1.9

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.42%

Asian 15.77%

Black or African American 6.40%

Hispanic or Latino 11.93%

Unknown 6.50%

White 58.99%

Gender

female 35.03%

male 64.97%

Age - 36

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 36

Stress level

5.2

Stress level is manageable

7.1 - high

Complexity level

6.3

Complexity level is intermediate

7 - challenging

Work life balance

5.8

Work life balance is fair

6.4 - fair

Key steps to become a web developer/analyst

Explore web developer/analyst education requirements

Most common web developer/analyst degrees

Bachelor's

68.8 %

Master's

15.9 %

Associate

11.0 %

Start to develop specific web developer/analyst skills

Skills	Percentages
Web Application	14.39%
SQL Server	6.51%
JavaScript	6.41%
Data Analysis	5.11%
HTML	5.09%

Complete relevant web developer/analyst training and internships

Accountants spend an average of 3-6 months on post-employment, on-the-job training. New web developer/analysts learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as a web developer/analyst based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real web developer/analyst resumes.

Research web developer/analyst duties and responsibilities

Manage social media including Facebook advertising.
Create interactive UI with AJAX, jQuery.
Used jQuery for DOM manipulations on some of the UI components
Use XML or JSON to store data used with webpages and content management system.

Get web developer/analyst experience

Generally, it takes 2-4 years to become a web developer/analyst. The most common roles before becoming a web developer/analyst include senior web developer, interactive developer team lead and web developer.

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