# United Kingdom Public Sector Employment by Sector; Central Gov; UK; FTE; NSA; Thousands ()

United Kingdom Public Sector Employment by Sector; Central Gov; UK; FTE; NSA; Thousands () was up 0.7% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 1.0% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 3,530.0 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since Q3 2015.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.7% (Q2 2026) to 5.5% (Q1 2021), averaging 2.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.PUBSEC.Q.NSA.MEASURE-FTE.SECTOR-CENTRALGOVT`
- 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-sector-central-gov-uk-fte-nsa-thousands

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 3,530.0 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q1 2026 | 3,540.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q4 2025 | 3,528.0 thousands | 1.4 |
| Q3 2025 | 3,518.0 thousands | 1.7 |
| Q2 2025 | 3,504.0 thousands | 2.3 |
| Q1 2025 | 3,504.0 thousands | 2.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 3,480.0 thousands | 2.8 |
| Q3 2024 | 3,460.0 thousands | 3.2 |
| Q2 2024 | 3,426.0 thousands | 3.2 |
| Q1 2024 | 3,435.0 thousands | 4.0 |
| Q4 2023 | 3,385.0 thousands | 4.1 |
| Q3 2023 | 3,353.0 thousands | 3.3 |
| Q2 2023 | 3,321.0 thousands | 3.5 |
| Q1 2023 | 3,302.0 thousands | 2.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 3,252.0 thousands | 2.4 |
| Q3 2022 | 3,246.0 thousands | 2.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 3,209.0 thousands | 2.7 |
| Q1 2022 | 3,212.0 thousands | 2.4 |
| Q4 2021 | 3,176.0 thousands | 4.1 |
| Q3 2021 | 3,170.0 thousands | 5.0 |
| Q2 2021 | 3,124.0 thousands | 4.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 3,136.0 thousands | 5.5 |
| Q4 2020 | 3,052.0 thousands | 4.1 |
| Q3 2020 | 3,019.0 thousands | 3.5 |

## API

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

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