Frankly, because &quot;web designer&quot; is, more or less, an obsolete profession.[1]<p>The web is substantially more complex than it was even a decade ago. There are way more apps, platforms, and experiences to develop for—more and more companies have their very existence tied directly to their digital technology investments.<p>For those companies, there is no reason to hire a &quot;web designer&quot; (understood as someone who knows design and a bit of programming). They hire UI&#x2F;UX designers and developers.<p>On the flip side, for businesses where technology is not fundamental to the competitive advantage the tools have become commoditized. A decade ago, they might have hired a &quot;web designer&quot; to build out a basic WordPress site. Now they can just use Squarespace.<p>If you can actually do web development, there&#x27;s more work than there has ever been. Software has just eaten the middle out.<p>[1] No offense. I&#x27;ve made plenty of money doing web design work in the past.