# United Kingdom Public Sector Employment by Industry; Education; UK; FTE; NSA; Thousands ()

United Kingdom Public Sector Employment by Industry; Education; UK; FTE; NSA; Thousands () was down 0.08% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 0.2% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 1,237.0 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2020.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.6% (Q3 2017) to 1.5% (Q3 2023), averaging 0.07%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.PUBSEC.Q.NSA.MEASURE-FTE.SECTOR-EDUCATION`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1999-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (110 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/public-sector-employment-by-industry-education-uk-fte-nsa-thousands

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 1,237.0 thousands | −0.08 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,239.0 thousands | 0.2 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,238.0 thousands | 0.0 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,236.0 thousands | 0.2 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,238.0 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,237.0 thousands | 0.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,238.0 thousands | 0.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,234.0 thousands | 0.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,229.0 thousands | 0.2 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,232.0 thousands | 0.9 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,234.0 thousands | 1.4 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,228.0 thousands | 1.5 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,226.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,221.0 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,217.0 thousands | 0.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,210.0 thousands | 0.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,214.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,212.0 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,215.0 thousands | 1.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,205.0 thousands | 0.8 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,202.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,199.0 thousands | 0.6 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,200.0 thousands | 0.4 |
| Q3 2020 | 1,195.0 thousands | 0.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.PUBSEC.Q.NSA.MEASURE-FTE.SECTOR-EDUCATION"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.PUBSEC.Q.NSA.MEASURE-FTE.SECTOR-EDUCATION",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```