27,647 companies in our data use Azure AKS, and 12,538 of them name it in job posts they wrote. Hiring for it is steady, with 22,605 job posts naming it from October 2025 to August 2026. Software Engineer is the role that names it most often.
Which companies name Azure AKS in the most job posts?
The companies with the most job posts naming Azure AKS are EPAM Systems (1,645), Microsoft (1,573) and Tata Consultancy Services (1,065). Of the five companies in the table, Microsoft has the most employees who list it on their profiles: 1,781.
CompanyPostsPeopleRecent job post
EPAM SystemsProfessional Services · first seen Aug 20221,645391
"Deploy, manage, and scale AKS clusters with reliable networking, security, and storage configurations"Senior Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer, Nov 1, 2026
MicrosoftScientific and Technical Services · first seen Jul 20221,5731,781
"Design and deliver cell-based, fault-tolerant systems with Azure (AKS and related compute) that keep reliability, security and compliance high as we grow."Principal Software Engineer, Nov 7, 2026
Tata Consultancy ServicesProfessional Services · first seen Jul 20231,0651,284
"Docker, Kubernetes/AKS, Git, Azure DevOps y CI/CD" Senior AI Developer, Nov 2, 2026
LuxoftProfessional Services · first seen Sep 20221,00038
"Manage AKS clusters, including node pools, networking, RBAC, storage, scaling, upgrades, monitoring, and troubleshooting."azure cloud infrastructure architect, Nov 7, 2026
CapgeminiProfessional Services · first seen Jul 2022845572
"…Logic apps, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks, and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)."Cloud Architect, Nov 7, 2026
Azure AKS's share of job posts is about the same as three months earlier: 12 in every 10,000 job posts from June to August 2026, against 12 from March to May. Its busiest month was February 2026, at 13.
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Month
Job posts naming Azure AKS
All job posts
Per 10,000
Oct 2025
1,544
1,413,673
11
Nov 2025
2,182
1,822,119
12
Dec 2025
1,413
1,236,103
11
Jan 2026
2,100
1,828,002
11
Feb 2026
2,365
1,856,647
13
Mar 2026
2,231
1,850,711
12
Apr 2026
2,129
1,728,886
12
May 2026
2,109
1,821,509
12
Jun 2026
2,195
1,909,496
11
Jul 2026
2,153
1,815,180
12
Aug 2026
2,184
1,835,698
12
How many companies named Azure AKS in a job post for the first time in recent months?
691 companies named Azure AKS in a job post for the first time from June to August 2026, against 759 from March to May. The 691 from June to August are 5.5% of all 12,538 companies whose job posts name it.
March to May 2026759
June to August 2026691
October 2025 to August 20262,642
Companies whose first job post naming it appeared in that period. Recruiters, staffing firms and job boards are left out.
How do we know which companies use Azure AKS?
Employees' profiles add 15,109 companies to the 12,538 that name Azure AKS in job posts. 4,416 show up in both job posts and employees' profiles.
How we knowCompaniesShare
Job posts name Azure AKS
12,53845%
Employees' profiles list Azure AKS
15,10955%
27,647 companies. Each is counted once, under the strongest evidence we have for it.
What size are the companies that use Azure AKS?
Companies with fewer than 50 employees are 1.3 times as common among Azure AKS users as on the typical tech page. 2,687 of its companies have more than 5,000 employees.
Share of its companies
Typical tech page
ShareTypical
Under 50 employees
28%22%
50 to 999
46%38%
1,000 to 5,000
16%17%
Over 5,000
9.7%23%
Where are Azure AKS companies based?
The United States alone has 36% of Azure AKS companies; the rest are spread across 150 other countries and territories.
ShareTypical
United States
36%43%
India
8.9%6.9%
United Kingdom
6.8%6.4%
Germany
4.7%4.4%
Brazil
3.5%2.8%
Canada
3.4%3.6%
Companies in 151 countries and territories. Shares are of companies with a known headquarters country.
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Country
Companies
Share
Typical tech page
United States
9,493
36%
43%
India
2,338
8.9%
6.9%
United Kingdom
1,786
6.8%
6.4%
Germany
1,240
4.7%
4.4%
Brazil
920
3.5%
2.8%
Canada
892
3.4%
3.6%
Which teams work with Azure AKS?
Azure AKS job posts name DevOps and IT teams at 223 and 196 companies. Technology teams are third, at 139 companies.
TeamCompanies
DevOps
223
IT
196
Technology
139
Platform engineering
136
Engineering
133
Infrastructure
102
What else do Azure AKS companies use?
Azure Application Insights, Azure Virtual Machines and Azure Monitor show up far more often at Azure AKS companies than at companies of the same size. Next is Azure App Services: 34% of these companies use it, against 2.5% of similar ones.
Share of the 9,282 Azure AKS companies counted here whose job posts also name the tool
Typical for companies the same size
Which companies started naming Azure AKS in job posts recently?
Between April and August 2026, 799 companies with 50 or more employees first named Azure AKS in a job post, 101 of them with more than 5,000 employees. Another 19 were AI-native companies, which we list separately.
Companies that named Azure AKS in a job post for the first time between April and August 2026, ranked by their job posts in those months. AI-native companies get a group of their own, whatever their size. Recruiters and job boards are left out.
Which roles mention Azure AKS most?
Azure AKS shows up across many roles. The top one, Software Engineer, has 21% of the job posts. Software Engineer posts naming it numbered 1,203 from March to May 2026 and 1,256 from June to August.
RoleSharePosts
Software Engineer
21%4,730
DevOps Engineer
14%3,253
Cloud Engineer
8.4%1,897
Platform Engineer
5%1,119
AI Engineer
4.3%966
Site Reliability Engineer
4.2%951
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Role
Share
Oct 2025 to Aug 2026
Mar to May 2026
Jun to Aug 2026
Software Engineer
21%
4,730
1,203
1,256
DevOps Engineer
14%
3,253
892
821
Cloud Engineer
8.4%
1,897
575
485
Platform Engineer
5%
1,119
329
381
AI Engineer
4.3%
966
250
294
Site Reliability Engineer
4.2%
951
287
276
Which project themes come up in Azure AKS job posts?
Apart from broad digital transformation work, Cloud Cost Optimization comes up most in job posts naming Azure AKS, in 6,175 of them. After that comes Cloud Migration, with 4,512.
Project themeJob posts
Digital Transformation14,899
Cloud Cost Optimization6,175
Cloud Migration4,512
Microservices Migration3,836
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Sumble built this page. Sumble gives sales, marketing and other GTM teams technographics and hiring signals for the companies they sell to: the technologies each company uses, which teams are hiring and for what, and who reports to whom. That helps a team know who to contact, why now, and what to say.
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