# United Kingdom Public Sector Employment by Sector; Civil Service; UK; FTE; NSA; Thousands ()

United Kingdom Public Sector Employment by Sector; Civil Service; UK; FTE; NSA; Thousands () was up 1.2% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 1.6% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 523.0 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.0% (Q2 2016) to 10.6% (Q1 2021), averaging 3.0%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.PUBSEC.Q.NSA.MEASURE-FTE.SECTOR-CIVILSERVICE`
- 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-civil-service-uk-fte-nsa-thousands

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 523.0 thousands | 1.2 |
| Q1 2026 | 524.0 thousands | 1.6 |
| Q4 2025 | 521.0 thousands | 1.4 |
| Q3 2025 | 520.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 517.0 thousands | 0.8 |
| Q1 2025 | 516.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 514.0 thousands | 2.4 |
| Q3 2024 | 515.0 thousands | 3.8 |
| Q2 2024 | 513.0 thousands | 4.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 511.0 thousands | 4.5 |
| Q4 2023 | 502.0 thousands | 3.9 |
| Q3 2023 | 496.0 thousands | 3.1 |
| Q2 2023 | 489.0 thousands | 2.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 489.0 thousands | 1.9 |
| Q4 2022 | 483.0 thousands | 1.7 |
| Q3 2022 | 481.0 thousands | 1.7 |
| Q2 2022 | 479.0 thousands | 3.0 |
| Q1 2022 | 480.0 thousands | 2.6 |
| Q4 2021 | 475.0 thousands | 7.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 473.0 thousands | 9.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 465.0 thousands | 9.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 468.0 thousands | 10.6 |
| Q4 2020 | 441.0 thousands | 4.8 |
| Q3 2020 | 431.0 thousands | 2.9 |

## API

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

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