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

United Kingdom Public Sector Employment by Industry; Other Public Sector; UK; HC; NSA;Thousands () was up 0.9% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 2.1% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 539.0 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −18.3% (Q3 2018) to 11.8% (Q2 2020), averaging −1.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.PUBSEC.Q.NSA.MEASURE-HC.SECTOR-OTHERPUBLIC`
- 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-other-public-sector-uk-hc-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 539.0 thousands | 0.9 |
| Q1 2026 | 541.0 thousands | 2.1 |
| Q4 2025 | 541.0 thousands | 1.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 536.0 thousands | 1.5 |
| Q2 2025 | 534.0 thousands | 1.3 |
| Q1 2025 | 530.0 thousands | −6.5 |
| Q4 2024 | 533.0 thousands | −5.0 |
| Q3 2024 | 528.0 thousands | −5.2 |
| Q2 2024 | 527.0 thousands | −4.7 |
| Q1 2024 | 567.0 thousands | 1.4 |
| Q4 2023 | 561.0 thousands | 0.9 |
| Q3 2023 | 557.0 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q2 2023 | 553.0 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 559.0 thousands | 1.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 556.0 thousands | 0.0 |
| Q3 2022 | 553.0 thousands | 0.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 547.0 thousands | −1.1 |
| Q1 2022 | 549.0 thousands | −0.9 |
| Q4 2021 | 556.0 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q3 2021 | 553.0 thousands | 0.2 |
| Q2 2021 | 553.0 thousands | −1.4 |
| Q1 2021 | 554.0 thousands | 7.8 |
| Q4 2020 | 550.0 thousands | 9.1 |
| Q3 2020 | 552.0 thousands | 8.4 |

## API

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

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