# Companies using Azure AKS

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.

Data as of November 9, 2026. Source: Sumble.

## 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.

| Company | Job posts | People | Recent job post |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| [EPAM Systems](https://sumble.com/orgs/epam-systems) | 1,645 | 391 | "Deploy, manage, and scale AKS clusters with reliable networking, security, and storage configurations" (Senior Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer, Nov 1, 2026) |
| [Microsoft](https://sumble.com/orgs/microsoft) | 1,573 | 1,781 | "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 Services](https://sumble.com/orgs/tata-consultancy-services-tcs) | 1,065 | 1,284 | "Docker, Kubernetes/AKS, Git, Azure DevOps y CI/CD" ( Senior AI Developer, Nov 2, 2026) |
| [Luxoft](https://sumble.com/orgs/luxoft) | 1,000 | 38 | "Manage AKS clusters, including node pools, networking, RBAC, storage, scaling, upgrades, monitoring, and troubleshooting." (azure cloud infrastructure architect, Nov 7, 2026) |
| [Capgemini](https://sumble.com/orgs/capgemini) | 845 | 572 | "…Logic apps, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks, and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)." (Cloud Architect, Nov 7, 2026) |

## Is hiring for Azure AKS growing?

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.

| Month | Job posts naming it | All job posts | Per 10,000 job posts |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| 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.

| Period | Companies naming it in a job post for the first time |
|---|---:|
| March to May 2026 | 759 |
| June to August 2026 | 691 |
| October 2025 to August 2026 | 2,642 |

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 know | Companies | Share |
|---|---:|---:|
| Job posts name Azure AKS | 12,538 | 45% |
| Employees' profiles list Azure AKS | 15,109 | 55% |

## 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.

| Size | Share | Typical tech page |
|---|---:|---:|
| 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.

| 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.

| Team | Companies |
|---|---:|
| DevOps | 223 |
| IT | 196 |
| Technology | 139 |
| Platform engineering | 136 |
| Engineering | 133 |
| Infrastructure | 102 |

## 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.

| 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 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.

| Group | Company | Job posts, April to August 2026 |
|---|---|---:|
| AI native | [Blitzy](https://sumble.com/orgs/blitzyai) | 2 |
| AI native | [Rezolve AI](https://sumble.com/orgs/rezolve-ai) | 2 |
| AI native | [Mindlapse](https://sumble.com/orgs/mindlapse) | 2 |
| AI native | [HappyRobot](https://sumble.com/orgs/happyrobot) | 1 |
| AI native | [Domyn](https://sumble.com/orgs/igenius) | 1 |
| Commercial | [VMO](https://sumble.com/orgs/cong-ty-co-phan-cong-nghe-vmo-holdings) | 9 |
| Commercial | [ITERIAM](https://sumble.com/orgs/iteriam) | 8 |
| Commercial | [Ginesys One](https://sumble.com/orgs/ginni-systems) | 7 |
| Commercial | [Oteemo Inc.](https://sumble.com/orgs/oteemo) | 7 |
| Commercial | [Algoworks](https://sumble.com/orgs/algoworks-solutions) | 6 |
| Mid-market | [Rexall Pharmacy Group Ltd.](https://sumble.com/orgs/rexall) | 10 |
| Mid-market | [Enpal](https://sumble.com/orgs/enpal) | 6 |
| Mid-market | [Cherokee Federal](https://sumble.com/orgs/cherokee-federal) | 5 |
| Mid-market | [HighRadius](https://sumble.com/orgs/highradius) | 4 |
| Mid-market | [Progress Software](https://sumble.com/orgs/progress) | 4 |
| Enterprise | [ERGO](https://sumble.com/orgs/ergo-group) | 6 |
| Enterprise | [Equinor](https://sumble.com/orgs/equinor) | 5 |
| Enterprise | [STERIS](https://sumble.com/orgs/steris) | 5 |
| Enterprise | [Grupo Salinas](https://sumble.com/orgs/grupo-salinas-s-a-de) | 4 |
| Enterprise | [University of Utah Health](https://sumble.com/orgs/university-of-utah-health) | 4 |

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.

## 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.

| Tool | Companies | Also name it | Typical | Times as common |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| Azure Application Insights | 2,412 | 26% | 1.9% | 14 times |
| Azure Virtual Machines | 599 | 6.5% | 0.47% | 14 times |
| Azure Monitor | 3,407 | 37% | 2.7% | 13 times |
| Azure App Services | 3,139 | 34% | 2.5% | 13 times |
| GCP GKE | 2,025 | 22% | 1.7% | 13 times |
| Azure Resource Manager | 880 | 9.5% | 0.77% | 12 times |
| Azure Event Hub | 1,862 | 20% | 1.7% | 12 times |
| Azure Cosmos DB | 2,837 | 31% | 2.6% | 12 times |

Shares are out of the 9,282 companies whose job posts name Azure AKS, not counting firms whose job posts name almost every technology.

## 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 theme | Job posts |
|---|---:|
| Digital Transformation | 14,899 |
| Cloud Cost Optimization | 6,175 |
| Cloud Migration | 4,512 |
| Microservices Migration | 3,836 |

## About this data

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.

Sumble covers more than 3.6 million companies, 93 million job posts collected since 2022 and 194 million employee profiles, and tracks more than 37,000 technologies. It finds which technologies a company uses by reading its job posts and its employees' public profiles.

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