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

United Kingdom Public Sector Employment by Industry;Public Admin:UK;HC;SA;Thousands () was up 2.5% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 1.9% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 1,270.0 thousands.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.7% (Q2 2016) to 5.4% (Q1 2021), averaging 2.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.Q.SA.ITEM-G7F2.MEASURE-LEVEL`
- 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-admin-uk-hc-sa-thousands

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 1,270.0 thousands | 2.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,260.0 thousands | 1.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,254.0 thousands | 2.0 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,249.0 thousands | 2.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,239.0 thousands | 1.9 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,236.0 thousands | 2.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,230.0 thousands | 2.9 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,221.0 thousands | 3.1 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,216.0 thousands | 3.5 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,208.0 thousands | 4.3 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,195.0 thousands | 3.6 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,184.0 thousands | 3.1 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,175.0 thousands | 2.8 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,158.0 thousands | 1.4 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,153.0 thousands | 1.9 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,148.0 thousands | 1.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,143.0 thousands | 2.1 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,142.0 thousands | 1.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,132.0 thousands | 3.3 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,127.0 thousands | 4.3 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,119.0 thousands | 4.4 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,125.0 thousands | 5.4 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,096.0 thousands | 2.9 |
| Q3 2020 | 1,081.0 thousands | 2.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.SA.ITEM-G7F2.MEASURE-LEVEL"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.SA.ITEM-G7F2.MEASURE-LEVEL",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```