100+ Design & UX Jobs in Tampa, FL

Observed local wage benchmarks are modest relative to national UX headlines: Tampa web and digital interface designers were at a $79,200 median, while local graphic designers were at $62,900. Estimated and proxy UX figures are much higher, with Randstad putting Tampa interaction-UX pay at $126,317 on average and $101,163 to $147,976 across its reported range.

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Advertised pay

Across the 60 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $68,906 at the 25th percentile, $92,625 at the median and $139,500 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 10, 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

Tampa Bay is a competitive market for Design, Creative & UX right now: there are real openings, but the local pool is small and selective. Official local wage data shows a $79,200 median for web and digital interface designers and $62,900 for graphic designers, while the metro count for web and digital interface designers is only about 410 jobs. Over the last 90 days, the sampled market showed more than 20 postings across around 20 companies, with about 75% on-site and about 0% remote. Florida Design, Creative & UX postings were up 5.5% year over year in July 2026 even as employment in the field was essentially flat, which looks more like targeted replacement hiring than a broad local expansion wave.

Best positioned: The best odds right now go to mid-level designers who can show both classic visual craft and product workflow fluency, especially Figma, prototyping, user research, and AI-assisted design, and who are willing to commute across the wider Tampa-Lakeland corridor.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is assuming Tampa behaves like a remote-first national UX market; local openings are mostly on-site, skew mid-level, and many still emphasize Adobe production skills over pure UX portfolios.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 146 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Power Design Inc.: 18 open roles
2. Sargent & Lundy: 6 open roles
3. Jacobs Engineering Group: 5 open roles
4. CACI International: 3 open roles
5. Citi Group: 3 open roles
6. Gensler: 3 open roles
7. Paligen Technologies: 3 open roles
8. PwC International: 3 open roles
9. Aerosonic, LLC: 2 open roles
10. Amazon.com Inc.: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• Tampa: 80
• St. Petersburg: 21
• Clearwater: 13
• Saint Petersburg: 6
• Wesley Chapel: 5
• New York: 2
• Brandon: 2
• Plant City: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 93 (65%), hybrid 48 (33%), remote 3 (2%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated in a small set of enterprise and corporate-digital employers rather than in a deep, always-on design market. The sampled market showed more than 20 postings across around 20 companies over 90 days, and the most consistently active named employers were Amazon.com Inc. and Raymond James with around 5 postings each. A nearby Publix Technology Sr Product Designer opening that required candidates within commuting distance of Lakeland suggests some of the best product-design roles sit in the wider Tampa Bay labor shed, not just inside Tampa city limits. The local skill mix still leans heavily visual and production-oriented: Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Adobe Creative Suite, and typography each appeared in about 25% of sampled postings. But the higher-strategic roles are asking for Figma and AI-driven approaches, which creates a split market between classic graphic-production work and modern product-design work. National projections reinforce that split: web developers and digital designers are projected to grow 7.0% from 2024 to 2034, versus 2.0% for graphic designers.

• Enterprise product and UX teams (moderate): This is the higher-upside lane: finance, retail, and large corporate digital teams, with signals from Amazon.com Inc., Raymond James, and Publix Technology.
• Visual production and brand support (moderate): This looks like the broader local base of demand, with Adobe, InDesign, Illustrator, and typography dominating the sampled skill mix and a junior digital production designer role appearing locally.
• Cleared or regulated design work (limited): This is a smaller niche, but it can be a real edge in Tampa because about 5% of sampled postings mentioned TS/SCI with a polygraph and local university employer networks point into defense-systems pathways.

Where to focus: Focus on mid-level enterprise roles within a Tampa-Lakeland commute radius where you can show Adobe craft, Figma prototypes, and business-context problem solving in the same portfolio.

Roles worth searching next

• Design operations specialist: Design ops openings were reported up 33.5%, even as some core product-design demand softened, making this a practical systems-oriented bridge for designers who like process and scale.
• Creative technologist / AI creative technologist: AI Creative Technologist was identified as one of the fastest-growing AI titles in design-and-make work, up 123%.
• Front-end prototyper / design technologist: Design research says the boundaries between designer, prototyper, frontend developer, researcher, and strategist are blurring quickly.
• Product strategy / design program leadership: UX work remains closely tied to product strategy and is described as a common transition path toward senior product design and design leadership roles.

What postings ask for

• Adobe Creative Suite (table_stakes | immediate): Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Adobe Creative Suite each showed up in about 25% of sampled local postings, so basic fluency is still expected in Tampa's broader design market. Who: Entry-level candidates and anyone targeting brand, production, or generalist design roles.
• Typography and layout execution (table_stakes | immediate): Typography appeared in about 25% of sampled local postings, which signals that visual craft still matters in this market. Who: Graphic designers, production designers, and career switchers who need a concrete proof-of-skill layer.
• Figma (premium | immediate): Publix Technology's Sr Product Designer opening specifically asked for Figma, making it a strong marker for higher-end product design work in the region's broader labor shed. Who: Mid-career designers and junior candidates trying to move from graphic work into product work.
• User research and interaction design (differentiator | near-term): Robert Half says UX designers need research and interaction design skills, which helps distinguish strategic product candidates from pure visual specialists. Who: Mid-career applicants and career switchers trying to win product or UX interviews.
• Prototyping and cross-functional collaboration (differentiator | near-term): Prototyping and collaboration are called out as core UX skills, which matters in a small market where teams often want designers who can work across functions instead of only producing assets. Who: Anyone targeting enterprise product, fintech, retail, or internal-platform roles.
• AI-driven design workflows (premium | immediate): Publix Technology asked for familiarity with AI-driven approaches, AI literacy is described as a critical UX skill, and 91% of surveyed designers reported weekly AI use in 2026. Who: Product designers, UX designers, and career switchers who need to look current quickly.

Questions about this market

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

Observed local wage benchmarks are modest relative to national UX headlines: Tampa web and digital interface designers were at a $79,200 median, while local graphic designers were at $62,900. Estimated and proxy UX figures are much higher, with Randstad putting Tampa interaction-UX pay at $126,317 on average and $101,163 to $147,976 across its reported range. That usually means Tampa has a real premium tier for product and UX work, but the broader design market still prices much closer to production, brand, and graphic design than to top national product-design hubs.

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

Real opportunity is concentrated in a small set of enterprise and corporate-digital employers rather than in a deep, always-on design market. The sampled market showed more than 20 postings across around 20 companies over 90 days, and the most consistently active named employers were Amazon.com Inc. and Raymond James with around 5 postings each. A nearby Publix Technology Sr Product Designer opening that required candidates within commuting distance of Lakeland suggests some of the best product-design roles sit in the wider Tampa Bay labor shed, not just inside Tampa city limits. The local skill mix still leans heavily visual and production-oriented: Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Adobe Creative Suite, and typography each appeared in about 25% of sampled postings. But the higher-strategic roles are asking for Figma and AI-driven approaches, which creates a split market between classic graphic-production work and modern product-design work. National projections reinforce that split: web developers and digital designers are projected to grow 7.0% from 2024 to 2034, versus 2.0% for graphic designers.

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

Recent postings show the most activity from Amazon.com Inc. (5 postings), Raymond James (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, 0% are remote and 25% hybrid, with 75% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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