Or are static sites not webscale anymore? The web framework I use for my personal stuff just takes templates in and fills it with whatever a request requires, and it's definitely easier than dealing with JS wat-isms.
Over time, the frontend design types will want more control over what they can and can’t do userland, and nobody else gives a damn because it doesn’t affect their day-to-day and in many cases makes their codebase cleaner / more “pure” because UI concerns get really messy for a variety of reasons.
It also generally feels safest to a company to put junior programmers on the frontend where even if they mess something up, at least the whole underlying system won’t be hosed. That allows juniors and mids to build chops more rapidly.
Anyway that’s all just my anecdata / speculation.
I'm not actively looking for a job. I used to check linkedin randomly like twice per week to see what happens. After their new slow motion interface, that changed to once every 3 months. Sorry, recruiters with incredible opportunities.