The way software is developed has drastically changed since containers came about and cloud native technology gained popularity.
Commissioned by Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), SlashData has performed an in-depth analysis of the cloud native
developer ecosystem1to better understand its current state and expected evolution.

The analysis is based on the 21st edition of SlashData’s Developer Nation survey, which was fielded between June 2021 and August 2021 and reached more than 19,300+ developers globally2. 3,900+ survey participants answered questions relating to the development of
backend services and the technologies they use.

The first chapter of this report provides estimates for the global number of cloud native developers and an in-depth regional overview
of usage rates. Further, we deep-dive into the environments developers are leveraging to deploy the code of their backend services
and we contrast cloud native with non-cloud native developer usage.

Kubernetes is arguably at the heart of cloud native applications and in the second chapter, we examine developers' usage and awareness of Kubernetes in an attempt to identify the drivers that facilitate its adoption across different developer profiles and technologies. We
profile Kubernetes users in terms of professional status and the size of the organisation these developers work.

Chapter three gives an in-depth overview of various vendors’ container orchestration and serverless platform solutions and examines how the market share of these tools has changed over the last six months.

The report concludes by exploring security in the cloud native space. Here, we focus on whether security is a modern priority, specifically looking at the level of influence that security-concerned cloud native developers have on tooling purchasing decisions