Survey: Web developers looking for a job (results)

One of the goals of this blog, as well as the masterclasses, is to support web developers so they can more easily find a job, whether by improving their skills, their profile, etc...

But not all web developers looking for a job have the same resume, the same background, the same expectations, so it's not always easy to create content that can speak to everyone.

So I decided to create a survey in order to get a picture of the job search of web developers across my community.

The survey is anonymous, takes less than 2 minutes to fill out and will help other developers who are job hunting to see where they stand, so thank you in advance to everyone who takes the time to participate!

This survey is only for devs looking for a job. If you're a freelancer, or already employed, I invite you instead to take part in WeLoveDevs' national survey!

The survey

Take part (2 min)

The results

The compilation of the survey results you're about to see was carried out on 03/16/2021 and is based on the first 106 responses.

Feel free to fill it out if you haven't already, I'll update these numbers as soon as possible!

Survey profiles

98.9% of developers looking for a job have less than 2 years of experience.

84.5% come from training lasting less than two years (and therefore a level equal to or lower than a Bachelor's degree), of which 62.9% came from a bootcamp (less than a year).

25% of respondents have been looking for a job for 6 months or more and 15% have been unemployed for more than 10 months!

The overwhelming majority of these developers are career changers, with a percentage of 89.7%, which reflects an average age of over 35.

Application numbers

The majority (41.3%) of respondents sent between 10 and 30 resumes and 15.5% reached 100 applications or more.

As a result of these applications, 47.4% did not land a single interview, compared to an average of between 1 and 3 interviews for the rest of the candidates (the maximum is 40 interviews for more than 150 resumes sent).

73.8% of rejections following these applications are based on lack of experience, but some negative feedback includes age or even fear of hiring a candidate undergoing a career change.

Conclusion

We can clearly see the profile of the junior developer, undergoing a career change and coming from a short training program emerging as the overwhelming majority.

The importance for a candidate to manage to stand out and prove their skills before being hired is crucial to get out of this situation.

Otherwise, my article titled "How to prove your experience without ever having been hired" has never been more relevant and I hope it can help some of you.