100+ Design & UX Jobs in Tampa, FL

The cleanest local pay anchor is the broad BLS arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media family, which had a $59,060 median, a $68,120 mean, $40,710 at the 25th percentile, and $80,600 at the 75th percentile in Tampa for 2025. Tampa-specific BLS pay for UX/UI, product design, and graphic design was not separately reported in the retrieved metro release, so role-level local salary claims should be treated as estimates rather than published metro facts. As a directional proxy, Revelio Public Labor Statistics put the mean offered salary on new Florida design, creative & UX openings at ~$66,067 in September 2026 (n=562), versus ~$77,095 nationally (n=11,704).

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 39 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $75,750 at the 25th percentile, $100,000 at the median and $122,454 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 15, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Design, Creative & UX in Tampa is still a viable market, but it is not an easy one. The metro unemployment rate was 4.7% in August 2026, up from 4.3% a year earlier, while Tampa's Information sector was down -5.6106% year-over-year. The better signal is on the services side: Tampa professional and business services employment rose 2.1216% year-over-year, and the local posting mix still showed more than 20 design openings across around 20 companies over the last 90 days, mostly on-site or hybrid. That points to a market with real demand, but concentrated demand.

Best positioned: A Tampa-based candidate who can show both Illustrator-led production work and Figma-based interface work, and who is open to on-site or hybrid schedules, has the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not mistake national UX salary headlines for typical Tampa outcomes; local government data did not publish separate metro UX/UI pay, and the broad local arts/media median was $59,060 in 2025.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 107 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Power Design Inc.: 9 open roles
2. Jacobs Engineering Group: 4 open roles
3. CIRCOR International, Inc.: 3 open roles
4. HNTB: 3 open roles
5. Aerosonic: 2 open roles
6. Amazon: 2 open roles
7. Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC: 2 open roles
8. Bank of America Corporation: 2 open roles
9. Deloitte: 2 open roles
10. Fastsigns International: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• Tampa: 63
• Clearwater: 11
• Saint Petersburg: 5
• St. Petersburg: 5
• Gibsonton: 3
• Lutz: 2
• Holiday: 1
• East Lake-Orient Park: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 66 (62%), hybrid 37 (35%), remote 4 (4%)

Where the demand is

This is not a broad-based UX boom. The local sample saw more than 20 postings across around 20 companies in the last 90 days, and the repeat employers were Fastsigns International and Deloitte at around 5 postings each. Combined with skill demand led by Adobe Illustrator, Figma, layout design, typography, and Photoshop, that points to two main buckets: visual production work and consulting-style digital/interface work rather than a deep bench of standalone product-design teams. The industry backdrop reinforces that split. Tampa professional and business services employment reached 288.8 thousand and was up 2.1216% year-over-year in August 2026, which is the healthiest local white-collar signal in the bundle. By contrast, Tampa Information employment was 28.6 thousand and down -5.6106% year-over-year, so candidates who only target consumer-tech-style product design are fishing in a narrower pond. Work setup matters too: about 65% of local design postings were on-site, about 30% hybrid, and about 5% remote.

• Visual production, signage, and brand execution (high): This is the clearest local demand pocket. Fastsigns International appears among the most active local employers, and the skill mix heavily favors Adobe Illustrator, layout design, typography, and Photoshop.
• Consulting and digital interface work (moderate): This slice is real but smaller. Deloitte appears among the most active local employers, and Figma plus digital design show up in the local skill mix, which fits client-service and implementation-oriented work.
• Remote-first product design (limited): This looks limited locally because only about 5% of sampled postings were remote and Tampa's Information sector is shrinking year over year.

Where to focus: Target on-site or hybrid roles that combine visual production strength with interface skills, instead of searching only for remote product-designer titles.

Roles worth searching next

• Front-end developer: Strong UI and interaction designers already think in components, states, and responsive behavior, which makes the jump to coded interfaces realistic.
• Product analyst or business analyst: User research, journey mapping, stakeholder interviews, and problem framing transfer well into analyst work.
• Instructional designer or learning experience designer: Information hierarchy, visual communication, and user-centered thinking all translate well into learning design.
• Creative operations or design systems coordinator: Candidates with strong file hygiene, component thinking, and cross-team coordination can move into operations-heavy roles that keep design teams running.

What postings ask for

• Adobe Illustrator (table_stakes | immediate): It appeared in about 50% of local postings, making it the clearest screening skill in this market. Who: Entry-level and career-switching candidates first.
• Figma (differentiator | immediate): It showed up in about 35% of local postings, and Robert Half identifies Figma as the leading collaborative interface design tool in the broader market. Who: Anyone aiming for UX, UI, product-adjacent, or consulting design work.
• Layout design (table_stakes | immediate): Layout design appeared in about 30% of local postings, which fits a market with signage, brand, and production-heavy work. Who: Generalist designers and portfolio builders.
• Typography (table_stakes | immediate): Typography also appeared in about 30% of local postings, so visual fundamentals still matter as much as tool fluency. Who: Entry-level candidates and self-taught designers who need stronger craft proof.
• Adobe Photoshop and the broader Adobe stack (differentiator | near-term): Photoshop appeared in about 25% of local postings, while Adobe Creative Cloud and InDesign each appeared in about 15%, so employers still want broad Adobe execution rather than a one-tool portfolio. Who: Candidates targeting production, brand, or multi-format design roles.
• Secret clearance (premium | near-term): Secret clearance appeared in about 5% of local postings. That is not a mass requirement, but it can move you to the front of the line in the cleared slice of demand. Who: Candidates who already hold clearance or have a realistic path to cleared work.

Questions about this market

What do Design, Creative & UX roles pay in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL?

The cleanest local pay anchor is the broad BLS arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media family, which had a $59,060 median, a $68,120 mean, $40,710 at the 25th percentile, and $80,600 at the 75th percentile in Tampa for 2025. Tampa-specific BLS pay for UX/UI, product design, and graphic design was not separately reported in the retrieved metro release, so role-level local salary claims should be treated as estimates rather than published metro facts. As a directional proxy, Revelio Public Labor Statistics put the mean offered salary on new Florida design, creative & UX openings at ~$66,067 in September 2026 (n=562), versus ~$77,095 nationally (n=11,704). That places Tampa in a middle band: reasonable for broad creative work, but not a market where average local pay automatically matches national UX headlines. The real upside tends to come when you move from general creative execution into digital-interface or tech-adjacent work.

Where is demand for Design, Creative & UX roles in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL concentrated?

This is not a broad-based UX boom. The local sample saw more than 20 postings across around 20 companies in the last 90 days, and the repeat employers were Fastsigns International and Deloitte at around 5 postings each. Combined with skill demand led by Adobe Illustrator, Figma, layout design, typography, and Photoshop, that points to two main buckets: visual production work and consulting-style digital/interface work rather than a deep bench of standalone product-design teams. The industry backdrop reinforces that split. Tampa professional and business services employment reached 288.8 thousand and was up 2.1216% year-over-year in August 2026, which is the healthiest local white-collar signal in the bundle. By contrast, Tampa Information employment was 28.6 thousand and down -5.6106% year-over-year, so candidates who only target consumer-tech-style product design are fishing in a narrower pond. Work setup matters too: about 65% of local design postings were on-site, about 30% hybrid, and about 5% remote.

Which employers are hiring the most Design, Creative & UX talent in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL?

Recent postings show the most activity from Fastsigns International (5 postings), Deloitte (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Design, Creative & UX roles in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 30% hybrid, with 65% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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