Career Atlas

Software & IT

front- end engineer

Learned from 9 real résumés for this role.

Across 9 real U.S. résumés for a front- end engineer, the most distinctive skills are Presentation Layer, Doubleclick and Apollo — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Presentation Layer
33% have it · 3243.2× vs average
Doubleclick
33% have it · 1706.9× vs average
Apollo
33% have it · 1410.1× 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.

presentation layer
3243.2×
33% · N=3
doubleclick
1706.9×
33% · N=3
apollo
1410.1×
33% · N=3
bootstrap framework
1201.2×
33% · N=3
unit tests
791.0×
33% · N=3
web standards
661.9×
33% · N=3
angular 7
549.7×
33% · N=3
responsive websites
531.7×
33% · N=3
highcharts
444.3×
33% · N=3
graphql
268.0×
33% · N=3
scss
175.3×
67% · N=6
jest
182.2×
33% · N=3
collaborate
161.3×
33% · N=3
react native
115.4×
33% · N=3
apis
105.6×
33% · N=3

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

front- end developer40% · N=6front- end web developer20% · N=3senior business system analyst20% · N=3full stack developer20% · N=3

Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

interactive developer9% · N=3team lead3% · N=3

Common questions

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

What skills does a Front- End Engineer need?

In 9 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Presentation Layer (33% have it), Doubleclick (33% have it), Apollo (33% have it), Bootstrap Framework (33% have it), Unit Tests (33% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

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

From real dated work history, the most common next roles are Front- End Developer (40% of moves, N=6), Front- End Web Developer (20% of moves, N=3), Senior Business System Analyst (20% of moves, N=3).

What roles lead into Front- End Engineer?

The roles that most often feed into this one are Interactive Developer (9% of arrivals, N=3), Team Lead (3% of arrivals, N=3).

Does this page show Front- End Engineer 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. 9 of them are Front- End Engineer 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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