Technology
Web Developer in the United States
77 postings read · sampled 2026-09-01 · source ats
What employers actually ask for
Credentials named in the 77 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.
- Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution8%6 of 77 postingsAccredited institution →
Lower signal for this role
Credentials that barely appeared in this sample. That is not a claim they are worthless — plenty are valuable for a different job, a different city, or a promotion later. It is a claim that employers here mostly did not ask.
- Security+CompTIA1%
- Master's DegreeAccredited institution1%1 of 77 postingsAccredited institution →
- Secret Security ClearanceU.S. Government (DCSA)1%1 of 77 postingsU.S. Government (DCSA) →
What the official taxonomy says
O*NET surveys people already doing this job. That describes who got hired over a long window, not what employers are asking for now — where it disagrees with the counts above, the counts are the more current answer.
- Bachelor’s degree46%
- Associate’s degree or other 2-year degree17%
- Post-secondary certificate17%
Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
O*NET 15-1254.00 · pulled 2026-09-01 · percentages are of surveyed workers, each rounded separately, so they need not total 100
What it pays
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. A different survey from the postings above, so the two do not share a sample.
Who was hiring
Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.
System Canada Technologies · Idealforce LLC · Collabera · Deegit Inc · Artech Information System · Ask IT Consulting · Databricks · Infojini Inc · Latitude Inc · Pinterest · USM · 360 IT Professionals · Bosch · vTech Solution · Zoox · Affirm · Anthropic · Asana · California Creative Solutions Inc · Datadog · Decagon · Elastic · ElevenLabs · Figma · Harvey · Included Health · Manitoulin Group of Companies · Mercury · NielsenIQ · OpenAI · Robinhood · Samsara · SBT Global · Sierra · Stem Xpert · Stripe · Toast · Verkada · Zocdoc
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