# United Kingdom Public Sector Employment by Industry; NHS; UK; FTE; SA; Thousands ()

United Kingdom Public Sector Employment by Industry; NHS; UK; FTE; SA; Thousands () was down 0.1% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 0.3% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 1,839.0 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since Q4 2012.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.1% (Q2 2026) to 5.9% (Q2 2020), averaging 3.0%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.PUBSEC.Q.SA.MEASURE-FTE.SECTOR-NHS`
- 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-nhs-uk-fte-sa-thousands

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 1,839.0 thousands | −0.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,837.0 thousands | 0.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,842.0 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,842.0 thousands | 1.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,841.0 thousands | 2.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,831.0 thousands | 1.8 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,829.0 thousands | 2.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,818.0 thousands | 3.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,805.0 thousands | 3.4 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,799.0 thousands | 4.5 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,783.0 thousands | 4.9 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,759.0 thousands | 4.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,745.0 thousands | 4.6 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,721.0 thousands | 3.9 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,699.0 thousands | 3.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,691.0 thousands | 3.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,669.0 thousands | 2.5 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,656.0 thousands | 2.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,647.0 thousands | 3.8 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,641.0 thousands | 5.0 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,628.0 thousands | 3.6 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,619.0 thousands | 5.9 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,587.0 thousands | 4.8 |
| Q3 2020 | 1,563.0 thousands | 4.3 |

## API

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

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