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Rapid Growth in Web Jobs
Internet employment becomes a powerful force in Bay Area economy by Lisa Stapleton

This article reflects the on going changes in the Web related jobs. The actual webmaster does not exist anymore as it was interpreted in the beginning. It gives a good idea of the recent trends in the area of Web jobs.

“A lot of these companies were surprised that there were already so many different Web specialties, and most said they planned to expand their Web operations even more”, says Paula Silva, vice president of the AEA. Silva says she expects that the number of Web jobs will grow even more in the near future—which comes as no surprise. Web salaries are often higher than those of competing industries, and companies are busy planning Web expansion.

The article breaks Web jobs into five different categories: design; marketing and sales; administration; engineering; and Web content. In general, Web jobs in marketing and sales pay the best, followed by engineering, which in turn is closely followed by design and content.  

Silicon Valley Salaries for Internet Jobs is a very interesting table that shows the various Web related jobs in the Silicon Valley with a median salary.

http://www.techweek.com/articles/5-4-98/Salary.html

Hot Career Trends for the 21st Century
by Sacha Cohen

The most wanted in  the area  of the Web are Web Site/Database Integrator. "The Bureau of Labor Statistics expects 249,000 job openings within the next ten years." Web Programmers and Developers are going to be needed as  the Internet continues to grow. It seems that the requirements are to master really well several programming languages.

http://technology.monster.com/articles/hottestjobs/

13 Job Trends for the 21st Century
By Caryl and Ronald L. Krannich Ph.Ds
Courtesy of Impact Publications

This article does not talk specifically about Web related jobs, but I think it is good to get an overall view about the employment  situation on a general level. 
The Best Jobs For the 21st Century is the new book written by the authors. They identify 33 major trends which will affect the work force and the work place. This article mentions the 13 trends which demonstrate that the coming decade is going to be very important. There is a lack of competent people for the new positions available and these positions are going to increase so will part-time and temporary employment opportunities increase.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-adv/jobs/
Career_Advice/impactadvice14.htm