Job market is great for tech, but it really depends on the type of work you're interested in. I'm interested in playing with more cutting edge web tech, and that is primarily in Seattle, Boulder, Silicon Valley (of course), New York. There are always exceptions, but I've not been very enticed by the offerings. In South Florida, there is a lot of Android dev work happening with some great groups and education programs going on here to support it. Military defense engineering is hiring a lot in this area along with some big name corps like Citrix, Microsoft, and Lexus Nexus. I've found a lot of jack-of-all-trades positions that are opening up where you'd be an IT/Dev/Support/Networking guy for a small biz. (Personally, blegh...) And there's plenty of call center work. (Gag)

I haven't been personally looking at work here, but I know there are some resources around which focus on the South Florida job scene. No lack of work for people who can go out and find it. If you'd like some introductions, I can certainly help you get connected if you'd like. Feel free to get in touch. (my first and last initials at nobulb.com)

Cheers!

I'd like to chime in with a different POV on this:

There is a decent amount of Agency/Studio/Dev Houses here & they are often hiring.

On top of that, there are a nice amount of "corporate" jobs, on a weekly basis, I see at least 5-7 PHP jobs, 1-3 Sys Admin jobs & the occasional Ruby/Python job come through my inbox.

Lastly, There are also is a small bunch of "cool" startup companies, like CareCloud, 3DCart, CloudShopper, Myxer, ImANeed (Pancake Movement), LiveBall (ioninteractive), Dashboard CRM, SyncPad (39, inc), DevStructure!, Luxset, Pikchur (only partly here), WebbyNode, Veddio & VoxMed. Who may not always be hiring, but are definitely doing really cool/worthwhile things.

As far as tips, just be involved with the community - it will open up so many opportunities for you!