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As of 4 November 2026, Kubernetes leads container orchestration with 14,382 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of Amazon EKS at 2,864.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Leader
Kubernetes · 14,382
Runner-up
Amazon EKS · 2,864
Most hiring, 90 days
Kubernetes
Highest postings per company
OpenShift
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
30,746companies across the category
47%of them on Kubernetes
123,641postings naming a container orchestration in 90 days
39tools with enough evidence to rank
02 — Ranking

Every container orchestration we can measure

Companies naming the tool, and postings naming it in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the leader.

#ToolCompaniescompaniesPostings, 90 dayspostingsper company
1
KubernetesCloud Native Computing Foundation
14,382
77,0425.4
2
Amazon EKSAmazon Web Services
2,864
7,8372.7
3
HelmCloud Native Computing Foundation
2,714
7,5552.8
4
Amazon ECSAmazon Web Services
2,405
5,9262.5
5
Azure Kubernetes ServiceMicrosoft
1,602
4,5362.8
6
OpenShiftRed Hat
1,533
8,2335.4
7
Google Kubernetes EngineGoogle
1,069
2,9362.7
8
IstioIstio
692
1,5432.2
9
RancherSUSE
316
8982.8
10
KustomizeKubernetes SIG CLI
299
5761.9
11
Container Storage InterfaceCNCF
283
5622.0
12
LinkerdCNCF
255
5362.1
13
KyvernoCNCF
192
3812.0
14
Docker SwarmDocker
182
3612.0
15
CiliumIsovalent
155
3632.3
16
HashiCorp ConsulHashiCorp
144
7465.2
17
OPA GatekeeperCNCF
144
2872.0
18
KarpenterAmazon Web Services
143
2872.0
19
Apache ZooKeeperApache Software Foundation
140
2351.7
20
HashiCorp NomadHashiCorp
133
2952.2
21
kubectlCloud Native Computing Foundation
121
2061.7
22
RKE2SUSE (Rancher)
103
2642.6
23
KEDACNCF
100
1651.6
24
etcdCNCF
97
1801.9
25
K3sSUSE (Rancher)
76
1351.8
26
CalicoTigera
75
1922.6
27
VMware TanzuVMware
70
3525.0
28
NVIDIA GPU OperatorNVIDIA
54
1352.5
29
Azure Service FabricMicrosoft
46
751.6
30
KueueKubernetes SIG
44
942.1
31
Platform OneUS Department of Defense
42
852.0
32
TiltDocker
40
872.2
33
Google AnthosGoogle
39
1403.6
34
controller-runtimeKubernetes SIG API Machinery
38
571.5
35
Cluster APICloud Native Computing Foundation
37
892.4
36
VolcanoCNCF
33
832.5
37
StrimziCNCF
32
652.0
38
KubebuilderKubernetes SIG
30
381.3
39
Azure Red Hat OpenShiftMicrosoft
22
642.9
03 — Head to head

Compare two tools

Same data, two columns: who chooses which by size, industry and country.

Kubernetes vs Amazon EKS14,382 · 2,864Kubernetes vs Helm14,382 · 2,714Kubernetes vs Amazon ECS14,382 · 2,405Kubernetes vs Azure Kubernetes Service14,382 · 1,602Kubernetes vs OpenShift14,382 · 1,533Amazon EKS vs Helm2,864 · 2,714Amazon EKS vs Amazon ECS2,864 · 2,405Amazon EKS vs Azure Kubernetes Service2,864 · 1,602Amazon EKS vs OpenShift2,864 · 1,533Helm vs Amazon ECS2,714 · 2,405Helm vs Azure Kubernetes Service2,714 · 1,602Helm vs OpenShift2,714 · 1,533Amazon ECS vs Azure Kubernetes Service2,405 · 1,602Amazon ECS vs OpenShift2,405 · 1,533Azure Kubernetes Service vs OpenShift1,602 · 1,533
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Kubernetes leads container orchestration with 14,382 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of Amazon EKS at 2,864. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/category/container-orchestration)
How we know

Read from the source, not self-reported

Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →

  • CatalogueBreaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov: 6,296 tools with vendor and category, editions folded into their parent.
  • CompaniesCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, any confidence. Candidate wish-lists excluded.
  • 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
  • Not countedTools used by teams that do not post jobs, and companies without a career site we can read.
FAQ

container orchestration: questions

How is this ranking made?

By the number of companies whose own job postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue (version T-1.0.1-prov). No vendor paid for a position and no editor chose the order.

Why is this different from review-site rankings?

Review sites rank by reviews collected. This ranks by companies hiring people to work in the tool, which is closer to seats in use. It under-counts tools used by teams that rarely post jobs.

What about product editions?

Editions and sub-products () are counted under the parent so no company is counted twice.

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