Generally employers looks for web developer candidates with skills in one of the following technology areas:
- ASP programming with IIS administration
- JSP programming plus Java beans with middle tier server such as Tomcat
- Web application developed by PHP with mySQL
- Corporate portal development using portal tools from Microsoft (SharePoint), IBM (WebSphere Portal), BEA (WebLogic Portal), Oracle, Sybase, or open sources.
As a winning candidate, your resume must demonstrate strong web development language skills - ASP, JSP, HTML, XML, Java, servlet, JavaScript, VBScript, Perl CGI, PHP, and mySQL. Also, it's better if you can show some server experience, i.e., Apache web server, IIS, Tomcat, or even J2EE application server.