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

United Kingdom Public Sector Employment by Sector; Civil Service; UK; HC; NSA; Thousands () was up 1.1% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 1.5% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 557.0 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.1% (Q2 2016) to 10.7% (Q1 2021), averaging 2.8%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 557.0 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 558.0 thousands | 1.5 |
| Q4 2025 | 555.0 thousands | 1.3 |
| Q3 2025 | 554.0 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q2 2025 | 551.0 thousands | 0.9 |
| Q1 2025 | 550.0 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q4 2024 | 548.0 thousands | 2.4 |
| Q3 2024 | 548.0 thousands | 3.6 |
| Q2 2024 | 546.0 thousands | 4.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 544.0 thousands | 4.4 |
| Q4 2023 | 535.0 thousands | 3.9 |
| Q3 2023 | 529.0 thousands | 3.1 |
| Q2 2023 | 522.0 thousands | 2.0 |
| Q1 2023 | 521.0 thousands | 1.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 515.0 thousands | 1.6 |
| Q3 2022 | 513.0 thousands | 1.6 |
| Q2 2022 | 512.0 thousands | 2.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 512.0 thousands | 1.4 |
| Q4 2021 | 507.0 thousands | 7.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 505.0 thousands | 9.1 |
| Q2 2021 | 498.0 thousands | 8.5 |
| Q1 2021 | 505.0 thousands | 10.7 |
| Q4 2020 | 473.0 thousands | 4.4 |
| Q3 2020 | 463.0 thousands | 2.7 |

## API

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

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