state ofcloud nativedevelopmentq1 2025 can i share data from this report? 1. license grantthis report is licensed under the 2. limitation of liabilityslashdatatm, believes the statements contained in this publication to be based upon creative commons attribution-noderivativeslicence 4.0 (international).put simply, subject to the terms and conditions of thislicense, you are free to: information that we consider reliable, but we do not represent that it is accurate orcomplete and it should not be relied upon as such. opinions expressed are currentopinions as of the date appearing in this publication only and the information,including the opinions contained herein, are subject to change without notice. use ofthis publication by any third party for whatever purpose should not and does notabsolve such third party from using due diligence in verifying the publication’scontents.slashdatatmdisclaims all implied warranties, including, without limitation,warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. share—you can reproduce the report or incorporate parts of the report into one ormore documents or publications, for commercial and non-commercial purposes. under the following conditions: attribution—you must give appropriate credit toslashdatatm, and to thecontinuous delivery foundation as sponsors of this report, and indicate if changeswere made. in that case, you may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any waythat suggests thatslashdatatmendorses you or your use. slashdatatm, its affiliates, and representatives shall have no liability for any direct,incidental, special, or consequential damages or lost profits, if any, suffered by anythird party as a result of decisions made, or not made, or actions taken, or not taken,based on this publication. noderivatives—you cannot remix or transform the content of the report. you maynot distribute modified content. the analyst of the developer economy | formerly known asvisionmobileslashdata© 尊龙凯时网址 copyright 2025 | some rights reserved liam bollmann–dodd senior market research consultant liam is a former experimental antimatterphysicist, and he obtained a phd in physicswhile working at cern. he is interested inthe changing landscape of clouddevelopment, cybersecurity, and therelationship between technologicaldevelopments and their impact on society. nikitasolodkov liam.dodd@slashdata.co market research and statisticsconsultant nikitasolodkovis a multidisciplinary researcherwith a particular interest in using data-driveninsights to solve real-world problems. he holds aphd in physics and has over five years ofexperience in data analytics and researchdesign. about the authors nikita.solodkov@slashdata.co key insights table of contents key insights •the majority ofprofessional developers in backend services,machine learning (ml), artificial intelligence (ai), ordata science are not using kubernetes for their ml/aiworkloads.➜•18% of these developers are planning to use kubernetes fortheir ml/ai workloads.➜•more than half of professional ml developers and datascientists are using kubernetes for ai/ml workloads.➜•developers working on model infrastructure and pipelineengineering or developing ml frameworks/libraries are themost likely to be using kubernetes for ai/ml workloads.➜ •in q1 2025, an estimated 49% of backend service developersare cloud native. this accounts for approximately 9.2mdevelopers.➜•93% of all developers are deploying to cloud for some part oftheir development process. this rises to 96% for those inbackend service development.➜•cloud functions or serverless architectures are currently usedby 20% of backend service developers, down from 26% in q32020.➜•the proportion of backend service developers usingcontainers has remained relatively consistent for the last fourand a half years, at 61%.➜ for this report, cloud native development is determined by theuse of a combination of technologies, including containers,container orchestration and management tools, service meshes,kubernetes, and cloud functions or serverless computing. bytracking adoption patterns and technology usage, this reportoffers a comprehensive update on the growth of cloud nativedevelopment, the evolving developer landscape, and shifts incloud deployment strategies. cloud deployment has become an integral part of softwaredevelopment, with the vast majority of developers now relyingon cloud infrastructure in some capacity. despite this ubiquity,not all developers are fully leveraging the capabilities of cloudcomputing through cloud native technologies and approaches. this report, produced in partnership with the cloud nativecomputing foundation (cncf), presents the latest insights intothe state of cloud native development in q1 2025. this reportprovides an analysis of key trends shaping the cloud nativeecosystem, drawing on data from the 29th edition ofslashdata’sdeveloper nation survey, fielded between december 2024 andfebruary 2025, and reaching more th