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

United Kingdom Public Sector Employment by Industry; Other Public Sector; UK; FTE;SA;Thousands () was up 1.1% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 2.4% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 475.0 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −19.2% (Q3 2018) to 13.5% (Q2 2020), averaging −1.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.PUBSEC.Q.SA.MEASURE-FTE.SECTOR-OTHERPUBLIC`
- 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-other-public-sector-uk-fte-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 475.0 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 472.0 thousands | 2.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 471.0 thousands | 1.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 471.0 thousands | 1.7 |
| Q2 2025 | 470.0 thousands | 1.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 461.0 thousands | −6.7 |
| Q4 2024 | 464.0 thousands | −5.7 |
| Q3 2024 | 463.0 thousands | −5.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 463.0 thousands | −5.1 |
| Q1 2024 | 494.0 thousands | 1.2 |
| Q4 2023 | 492.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 490.0 thousands | 0.8 |
| Q2 2023 | 488.0 thousands | 1.2 |
| Q1 2023 | 488.0 thousands | 1.9 |
| Q4 2022 | 487.0 thousands | 0.4 |
| Q3 2022 | 486.0 thousands | 0.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 482.0 thousands | −0.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 479.0 thousands | −0.6 |
| Q4 2021 | 485.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 486.0 thousands | 0.6 |
| Q2 2021 | 486.0 thousands | −0.6 |
| Q1 2021 | 482.0 thousands | 9.5 |
| Q4 2020 | 480.0 thousands | 11.1 |
| Q3 2020 | 483.0 thousands | 10.3 |

## API

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

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