Web page designer vs web developer

The differences between web page 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 web page designer and a web developer. Additionally, a web developer has an average salary of $78,975, which is higher than the $58,752 average annual salary of a web page designer.

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

Web page designer vs web developer overview

	Web Page Designer	Web Developer
Yearly salary	$58,752	$78,975
Hourly rate	$28.25	$37.97
Growth rate	13%	13%
Number of jobs	50,461	227,881
Job satisfaction	-	3
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 59%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Average age	37	37
Years of experience	4	4

Web page designer vs web developer salary

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

	Web Page Designer	Web Developer
Average salary	$58,752	$78,975
Salary range	Between $45,000 And $75,000	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 web page designer and web developer education

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

	Web Page Designer	Web Developer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 59%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Stanford University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Web page designer vs web developer demographics

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

	Web Page Designer	Web Developer
Average age	37	37
Gender ratio	Male, 56.5% Female, 43.5%	Male, 78.2% Female, 21.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.1% Unknown, 6.4% Hispanic or Latino, 13.2% Asian, 13.9% White, 59.0% 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 web page designer and web developer duties and responsibilities

Web page designer example responsibilities.

Manage prototype content in wireframes when necessary.
Configure of JDBC providers, data source, virtual hosts, global security, SSL and LDAP.
Create and configure different websites using different IP addresses, port numbers and host headers in IIS manager.
Configure SSL between Apache/Tomcat application servers.
Administer Linux bulk email server to execute mass e-marketing campaigns.
Maintain and monitor all IIS applications to ensure performance and availability.

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.

Web page designer vs web developer skills

Common web page designer skills

HTML, 27%
CSS, 16%
Adobe Photoshop, 12%
Web Site, 6%
JavaScript, 5%
Database, 5%

Common web developer skills

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