💡 Why it matters: Every business, school and community group wants a good website, so web developers can find work at a company, an agency or freelancing for clients worldwide.
🌍 Around the world
- United States: Jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, faster than average (US Bureau of Labor Statistics).
💰 What it can pay
🇳🇬 Nigeria
- Starting out
- ₦1.2M – ₦3.5M
- Mid-career
- ₦4M – ₦9M
- Senior
- ₦9M – ₦22M
≈ ₦333k – ₦750k a month mid-career. Indicative estimate by Incusim.
🇺🇸 United States
Closest US category: Web developers. Median pay; low and high are the 10th and 90th percentiles. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025
🇨🇦 Canada
Hourly wage low/median/high x 2,080 hours. Job Bank (Government of Canada), 2023-2024
Yearly pay before tax. UK, US and Canada figures come from the official sources named on each card. Nigeria has no official salary survey, so those are our indicative estimates. Real pay depends on the employer, the place, your skills and experience.
🛠️ What you actually do
- Build websites with HTML, CSS and JavaScript
- Connect sites to databases and payment systems
- Make pages work on phones and slow internet
- Fix bugs and update content
- Work with designers and clients
⚡ Skills you'll need
- Coding
- Creativity
- Problem solving
- Communication
- Attention to detail
Get ready at school
🇳🇬 Nigeria
- Web development bootcamp or free online courses
- Polytechnic OND or HND in Computer Science, then freelance or junior role
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Level 3 or 4 digital apprenticeship, where you earn while you learn
- Coding bootcamp or self-taught with a portfolio of projects
🇺🇸 United States
- Coding bootcamp with a strong project portfolio
- Internship or apprenticeship at a tech company
🇨🇦 Canada
- Co-op programmes that alternate study with paid work terms
- Bootcamp or self-taught with a project portfolio
🗺️ Your path to this career
- 1Learn HTML and CSS by building your own page
- 2Learn JavaScript and make small web tools
- 3Study computing or complete a bootcamp
- 4Build three real sites for friends or local shops
- 5Apply for junior roles or start freelancing
⏰ A day in the life
A client wants an online shop for her fashion brand. You code the product pages, connect the payment option, check it on a cheap phone and send her a link to approve.