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

United Kingdom Public Sector Employment by Industry; Education; UK; HC; NSA; Thousands () was up 0.0% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 0.1% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 1,664.0 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.7% (Q3 2017) to 2.0% (Q3 2023), averaging −0.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.PUBSEC.Q.NSA.MEASURE-HC.SECTOR-EDUCATION`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1991-04-01 to 2026-04-01 (141 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/public-sector-employment-by-industry-education-uk-hc-nsa-thousands

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 1,664.0 thousands | 0.0 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,666.0 thousands | 0.1 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,664.0 thousands | 0.0 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,661.0 thousands | 0.1 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,664.0 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,664.0 thousands | 0.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,664.0 thousands | 0.2 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,659.0 thousands | 0.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,652.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,657.0 thousands | 1.3 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,660.0 thousands | 1.7 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,652.0 thousands | 2.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,636.0 thousands | 0.2 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,636.0 thousands | 0.1 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,632.0 thousands | −0.1 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,619.0 thousands | −0.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,632.0 thousands | 0.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,634.0 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,634.0 thousands | 0.4 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,622.0 thousands | 0.4 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,625.0 thousands | 0.4 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,623.0 thousands | −0.06 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,627.0 thousands | −0.06 |
| Q3 2020 | 1,616.0 thousands | −0.4 |

## API

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

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