Freelance Web Developer Skills
The most common skills for freelance Web Developers are JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, based on how often they appear in 494 rate submissions.
To see the individual submissions behind these numbers, browse the Web Developer hourly rates list, where you can filter by any skill below.
Skill frequency does not measure hiring demand or prove a skill increases rates. Skills with fewer than 5 records are omitted. Methodology
Most common skills — share of submissions
All tracked skills
| Skill | Share of submissions | Submissions | Rates |
|---|---|---|---|
| JavaScript | 42.9% | 212 | View → |
| HTML | 36.6% | 181 | View → |
| CSS | 36.2% | 179 | View → |
| Wordpress | 27.9% | 138 | View → |
| PHP | 23.7% | 117 | View → |
| Webflow | 10.1% | 50 | View → |
| React | 8.5% | 42 | View → |
| TypeScript | 8.5% | 42 | View → |
| ReactJS | 8.3% | 41 | View → |
| TailwindCSS | 8.1% | 40 | View → |
| NodeJS | 8.1% | 40 | View → |
| Laravel | 7.3% | 36 | View → |
| Shopify | 6.3% | 31 | View → |
| Python | 5.9% | 29 | View → |
| Figma | 5.5% | 27 | View → |
| .NET | 5.1% | 25 | View → |
| SCSS | 4.9% | 24 | View → |
| Vue | 4.9% | 24 | View → |
| Front-End Development | 4.5% | 22 | View → |
| Adobe Photoshop | 4.3% | 21 | View → |