How To Become A Web Operations Specialist: What It Is and Career Path

What is a web operations specialist and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

3 min read

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to being a web operations specialist. For example, did you know that they make an average of $38.64 an hour? That's $80,376 a year! Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow 5% and produce 18,200 job opportunities across the U.S.

ScoreWeb Operations SpecialistUS Average

Salary

6.3

Avg. Salary $80,376

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level

5.7

Growth rate 5%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity

3.6

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.31%

Asian 13.44%

Black or African American 5.94%

Hispanic or Latino 13.22%

Unknown 5.14%

White 61.94%

Gender

female 30.91%

male 69.09%

Age - 42

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 - 42

Stress level

5.7

Stress level is manageable

7.1 - high

Complexity level

6.7

Complexity level is challenging

7 - challenging

Work life balance

7.1

Work life balance is good

6.4 - fair

Key steps to become a web operations specialist

Explore web operations specialist education requirements

Most common web operations specialist degrees

Bachelor's

75.0 %

Associate

15.0 %

Master's

7.5 %

Start to develop specific web operations specialist skills

Skills	Percentages
Digital Marketing	9.65%
JavaScript	8.98%
Photoshop	8.79%
CMS	7.24%
PHP	6.35%

Complete relevant web operations specialist training and internships

Accountants spend an average of 3-6 months on post-employment, on-the-job training. New web operations specialists 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 operations specialist based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real web operations specialist resumes.

Research web operations specialist duties and responsibilities

Develop, manage and maintain multiple websites including fund-raising events and online registrations for intranet and Internet sites.
Support of application stacks like .NET, PHP, Drupal, WordPress and cloud service technologies (AWS).
Require to access remote vendor servers and desktops to troubleshoot applications.
Provide software quality assurance for Drupal custom modules development.

Apply for web operations specialist jobs

Now it's time to start searching for a web operations specialist job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

Browse job boards for relevant postings
Consult your professional network
Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
Watch out for job scams

How do web operations specialists rate their job?

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Web operations specialist reviews

A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2020

Cons

Work seems to be none-stop sometimes, especially since we are under staff. Work keeps me on my feed, but need to hire more people.

A zippia user wrote a review on Nov 2019

Pros

Your sole goal is to achieve operational excellence. Your job description grows with you. It's flexible in terms on variety of subjects you can work with but at the end it comes to the same goal, evaluation methods.

A zippia user wrote a review on Oct 2019