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lead front-end developer

Learned from 9 real résumés for this role.

Across 9 real U.S. résumés for a lead front-end developer, the most distinctive skills are Vb Scripts, Kentico Cms and Twitter Bootstrap Framework — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Vb Scripts
33% have it · 3603.5× vs average
Kentico Cms
33% have it · 2702.6× vs average
Twitter Bootstrap Framework
33% have it · 2702.6× 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.

vb scripts
3603.5×
33% · N=3
kentico cms
2702.6×
33% · N=3
twitter bootstrap framework
2702.6×
33% · N=3
kentico
1351.3×
33% · N=3
emberjs
1247.4×
33% · N=3
classic asp
982.8×
33% · N=3
sitecore
600.6×
33% · N=3
bi
300.3×
33% · N=3
visual basic
78.2×
33% · N=3
business intelligence
76.7×
33% · N=3
drupal
53.7×
33% · N=3
webpack
53.4×
33% · N=3
asp.net
42.8×
33% · N=3
time management
36.2×
33% · N=3
reactjs
29.4×
33% · N=3

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

front-end developer13% · N=6software engineer7% · N=3freelance ios7% · N=3software engineer intern7% · N=3festival director7% · N=3engineer & acting cto7% · N=3fullstack javascript developer7% · N=3director technology7% · N=3

Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

cto20% · N=3freelance front-end web developer25% · N=3senior ui developer2% · N=3

Common questions

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

What skills does a Lead Front-End Developer need?

In 9 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Vb Scripts (33% have it), Kentico Cms (33% have it), Twitter Bootstrap Framework (33% have it), Kentico (33% have it), Emberjs (33% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

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

From real dated work history, the most common next roles are Front-End Developer (13% of moves, N=6), Software Engineer (7% of moves, N=3), Freelance Ios (7% of moves, N=3).

What roles lead into Lead Front-End Developer?

The roles that most often feed into this one are Cto (20% of arrivals, N=3), Freelance Front-End Web Developer (25% of arrivals, N=3), Senior Ui Developer (2% of arrivals, N=3).

Does this page show Lead 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. 9 of them are Lead 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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