{"id":1102,"date":"2024-06-06T14:19:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T14:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ngocha.biz\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2024-06-06T14:19:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T14:19:06","slug":"popular-cloud-providers-for-kubernetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ngocha.biz\/?p=1102","title":{"rendered":"Most Popular Cloud Providers For Running Kubernetes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kubernetes<\/strong> is the most popular container orchestration platform in the world right now, and its popularity doesn&#8217;t seem to be waning anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>It even ranked highest in our <a href=\"https:\/\/devopscube.com\/docker-container-clustering-tools\/\">Best Container Orchestration tools and services<\/a> list released last year.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, if you are familiar with <a href=\"https:\/\/devopscube.com\/kubernetes-tutorials-beginners\/\">Kubernetes<\/a> or have hands-on experience using it, you can apply for a host of cloud engineering positions (<a href=\"https:\/\/devopscube.com\/become-devops-engineer\/\">DevOps Engineer<\/a>, Platform Engineer, SRE, etc.).<\/p>\n<p><strong>You will also need experience or at least familiarity with the infrastructure that hosts Kubernetes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The question then is: Where are companies hosting their infrastructure? Where are Kubernetes clusters being deployed?<\/p>\n<p>The best way to find answers to the above questions (and more) is to analyse a solid set of accurate data.<\/p>\n<p>Kube Careers recently published their <a href=\"https:\/\/kube.careers\/state-of-kubernetes-jobs-2024-q1?ref=devopscube.com\">State of the Kubernetes jobs report for Q1 2024<\/a>, an extensive quarterly report which evaluates hundreds of Kubernetes jobs to understand the trends and direction of the Kubernetes job market.<\/p>\n<p>Before we dive into the report&#8217;s details, it&#8217;s crucial to highlight that Kube Careers strictly lists positions meeting the following criteria:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Require expertise in Kubernetes.<\/li>\n<li>Offer a clear salary range.<\/li>\n<li>Are directly posted by the companies themselves, not through recruitment agencies.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Shall we start?<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"do-job-descriptions-reveal-infrastructure-location\">Do Job Descriptions Reveal Infrastructure Location?<\/h2>\n<p>9 out of 10 times!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-1-26.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<p>Kube Careers published <strong>332<\/strong> jobs in <strong>Q1 2024<\/strong>, of which <strong>290 (88%)<\/strong> revealed their infrastructure location.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"which-is-the-most-popular-infrastructure-location-then-where-are-the-kubernetes-clusters-being-deployed\">Which is the most popular infrastructure location, then? Where are the Kubernetes clusters being deployed?<\/h2>\n<p>AWS leads the chart when it comes to hosting <a href=\"https:\/\/devopscube.com\/upgrade-kubernetes-cluster-kubeadm\/\">Kubernetes Cluster.<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-3-24.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<p>Do note that in Q1 2024, almost all jobs that mentioned their infrastructure location mentioned more than one host!<\/p>\n<p>Here are the key takeaways from the analysis:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>AWS<\/strong> is the preferred infrastructure location for most companies, with <strong>more than 45%<\/strong> mentions.<\/li>\n<li>Next in preference are <strong>GCP<\/strong> and <strong>Azure<\/strong>, with <strong>23%<\/strong> and <strong>18%<\/strong> representation.<\/li>\n<li>On-premise and Generic Multicloud rounded the popularity list with 8% and 3% mentions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Most of the on-premise mentions weren&#8217;t specific.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-5-27.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<p>Of all the job descriptions that revealed on-premise as their company&#8217;s infrastructure location, <strong>only 37.5% specified it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The specifications were, <strong>22.5%<\/strong> of the on-premise infrastructure resides at <strong>Datacenters<\/strong> while <strong>15%<\/strong> of it residess in <strong>Baremetal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"has-aws-always-been-the-infrastructure-location-of-choice\">Has AWS always been the infrastructure location of choice?<\/h2>\n<p>Let&#8217;s find out.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-7-25.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<p>An analysis of the data from the last four quarters reveals interesting insights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>AWS has always been the top choice for infrastructure location.<\/strong> Over the last four quarters, on average, <strong>65%<\/strong> of the Infrastructure preference was for AWS.<\/li>\n<li>At a distance from AWS but closer to each other, <strong>GCP<\/strong> and <strong>Azure<\/strong> take the second and the third spot, with average mentions of <strong>34%<\/strong> and <strong>29%.<\/strong> As for others, <em>On-premise<\/em> mentions averaged at 10% and <em>generic multi-cloud<\/em> mentions averaged 5% over the last four quarters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Over the last year, companies have rarely specified on-premise infrastructure locations<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-9-19.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<p>Over the past four quarters:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On average, <strong>68%<\/strong> of the times, companies <strong>haven&#8217;t specified their on-premise location<\/strong> in job descriptions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Datacenters<\/strong> have been the on-premise location of choice <strong>20%<\/strong> of the times, while <strong>Baremetal<\/strong> has been the choice <strong>10%<\/strong> of the time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"conclusion\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p><strong>AWS<\/strong> is the <strong>preferred Infrastructure choice<\/strong> for most companies, so if you have experience with AWS or have completed AWS certifications, you will find it easier to land your next Kubernetes job.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Experience with GCP and Azure<\/strong> will also prove <strong>beneficial<\/strong> since these are the second most popular preferences for infrastructure locations.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Ngu\u1ed3n:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/devopscube.com\/popular-cloud-providers-for-kubernetes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Most Popular Cloud Providers For Running Kubernetes \u2014 DevOpsCube<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: 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