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

United Kingdom Public Sector Employment by Industry; Public Adm;UK;FTE;SA;Thousands () was up 2.4% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 1.9% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 1,102.0 thousands.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.3% (Q2 2016) to 6.4% (Q1 2021), averaging 2.5%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 1,102.0 thousands | 2.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,095.0 thousands | 1.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,087.0 thousands | 1.9 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,080.0 thousands | 2.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,076.0 thousands | 1.8 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,075.0 thousands | 2.2 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,067.0 thousands | 3.0 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,059.0 thousands | 3.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,057.0 thousands | 3.8 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,052.0 thousands | 4.7 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,036.0 thousands | 4.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,023.0 thousands | 3.4 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,018.0 thousands | 3.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,005.0 thousands | 1.7 |
| Q4 2022 | 996.0 thousands | 2.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 989.0 thousands | 2.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 987.0 thousands | 2.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 988.0 thousands | 2.2 |
| Q4 2021 | 975.0 thousands | 3.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 968.0 thousands | 5.1 |
| Q2 2021 | 965.0 thousands | 5.6 |
| Q1 2021 | 967.0 thousands | 6.4 |
| Q4 2020 | 938.0 thousands | 3.6 |
| Q3 2020 | 921.0 thousands | 2.8 |

## API

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

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