Career Atlas

Software & IT

front end developer

Learned from 906 real résumés for this role.

Across 906 real U.S. résumés for a front end developer, the most distinctive skills are Json Responses, Jquery/Ajax and Angular6 — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Json Responses
1% have it · 107.4× vs average
Jquery/Ajax
1% have it · 80.5× vs average
Angular6
1% have it · 80.5× vs average

Based on Futureful's analysis of 102,822 U.S. résumés (2026).

Skill fingerprint

ranked by distinctiveness

The skills that most define this role, more common here than across all résumés. The bar shows how distinctive; the % is how many people in the role have it.

json responses
107.4×
1% · N=6
jquery/ajax
80.5×
1% · N=9
angular6
80.5×
1% · N=9
css text
59.7×
2% · N=15
sublime text editor
80.5×
1% · N=6
thyme leaf
107.4×
0% · N=3
developer tools
107.4×
0% · N=3
angular mvc
107.4×
0% · N=3
rest ful
107.4×
0% · N=3
css3.0
107.4×
0% · N=3
message driven beans
107.4×
0% · N=3
html/css/jquery
107.4×
0% · N=3
firebug lite
107.4×
0% · N=3
javascript/es6
107.4×
0% · N=3
saga
107.4×
0% · N=3

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

Common questions

Straight answers, every one backed by the real counts on this page.

What skills does a Front End Developer need?

In 906 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Json Responses (1% have it), Jquery/Ajax (1% have it), Angular6 (1% have it), Css Text (2% have it), Sublime Text Editor (1% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

What do people in Front End Developer roles move on to next?

From real dated work history, the most common next roles are Ui Developer (14% of moves, N=222), Web Developer (7% of moves, N=102), Senior Front End Developer (6% of moves, N=96).

What roles lead into Front End Developer?

The roles that most often feed into this one are Ui Developer (25% of arrivals, N=258), Web Developer (12% of arrivals, N=174), Software Developer (5% of arrivals, N=48).

Does this page show Front End Developer salary?

No. Résumés do not carry pay, so Futureful holds no compensation data for this role and never invents a dollar figure. Every statistic here is a skill or career-move count backed by real résumés.

Where does this data come from?

The Futureful Career Atlas is built from 102,822 real US résumés, aggregated with no personal data. 906 of them are Front End Developer résumés. Every number on this page is a count of real people, and thin pages are kept out of search. Full method: futureful.app/careers/methodology.

Every figure on this page is a real count over real résumés (N = résumés behind it). No salary is shown, we hold no compensation data, so every claim is a skill or frequency truth, never a dollar promise. How we count · Explore more roles →

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