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

United Kingdom Public Sector Employment by Industry; Public Admin; UK; HC; NSA; Thousands () was up 2.5% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 1.9% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 1,272.0 thousands.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.7% (Q2 2016) to 5.5% (Q1 2021), averaging 2.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.PUBSEC.Q.NSA.MEASURE-HC.SECTOR-PUBLICADMIN`
- 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-public-admin-uk-hc-nsa-thousands

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 1,272.0 thousands | 2.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,263.0 thousands | 1.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,253.0 thousands | 2.0 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,244.0 thousands | 2.2 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,241.0 thousands | 1.9 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,240.0 thousands | 2.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,229.0 thousands | 2.9 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,217.0 thousands | 3.1 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,218.0 thousands | 3.5 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,212.0 thousands | 4.3 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,194.0 thousands | 3.6 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,180.0 thousands | 3.1 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,177.0 thousands | 2.8 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,162.0 thousands | 1.4 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,152.0 thousands | 1.9 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,144.0 thousands | 1.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,145.0 thousands | 2.1 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,146.0 thousands | 1.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,131.0 thousands | 3.3 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,123.0 thousands | 4.3 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,121.0 thousands | 4.5 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,129.0 thousands | 5.5 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,095.0 thousands | 2.9 |
| Q3 2020 | 1,077.0 thousands | 2.3 |

## API

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

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