Florida Tech Jobs: The 10 Best Areas to Work

Florida Tech Jobs: The 10 Best Areas to Work (Courtesy of Finance Buzz) — Tech is one of the fastest-growing employment sectors in America, and as the industry has grown, specific cities have become major hubs for technology companies. All kinds of factors make certain cities attractive places for tech companies and workers. We wanted to take a deeper look at some of those cities, starting close to home.
As a Florida-based tech company ourselves, we examined which metropolitan areas across the Sunshine State are the best for tech jobs based on factors relating to industry employment, earnings, and more.
For this analysis, we collected hard data and statistics on every single major metro area in the state of Florida, for which the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes employment data. Because of the way the BLS collects and groups data, in most instances, these metro areas include data for two or more cities located in close proximity to one another.
Each city was given a score relative to all other cities for each factor. Those scores were then weighted based on importance. Weighted scores across all categories were added together to assign a final score to each city, on a 0-100 scale, with the highest scores going to the metropolitan areas in the state of Florida that are the best for tech jobs.
The factors we chose were:
• Job competition: How many other people are trying to get these kinds of tech jobs? Sometimes it can be hard for even the most qualified of applicants to get their dream job if they get lost in a flood of similarly skilled job seekers.
• Salary: What do tech workers get paid in these areas? All else being equal, bigger is better when it comes to paychecks.
• Cost of living: How affordable is it to live there? A big salary can feel a lot smaller if the prices for things like housing, food, and other essentials are high.
• Highly-rated tech companies: Are there companies you’d actually enjoy working for in each city? A paycheck is great, but having a job you love going to every day is priceless.
• Job availability: How many open tech jobs are there in each area? Being qualified for a job and having a desire to work in the tech field don’t matter if there aren’t any companies actively hiring.
• State of Florida internet connectivity ranking: How good is the internet quality in a given city? A lot of projects and jobs in the tech world can be brought to a screeching halt by a poor internet connection, so having fast, reliable internet is a must.

The 10 best cities for tech jobs in Florida