# United Kingdom Public Sector Employment by Sector;Total General Gov;UK;FTE;SA;Thousands ()

United Kingdom Public Sector Employment by Sector;Total General Gov;UK;FTE;SA;Thousands () was up 0.6% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 0.6% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 5,105.0 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2018.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.2% (Q4 2016) to 3.8% (Q1 2021), averaging 1.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.PUBSEC.Q.SA.MEASURE-FTE.SECTOR-GENGOVT`
- 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-total-general-gov-uk-fte-sa-thousands

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 5,105.0 thousands | 0.6 |
| Q1 2026 | 5,094.0 thousands | 0.6 |
| Q4 2025 | 5,093.0 thousands | 0.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 5,082.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 5,076.0 thousands | 1.3 |
| Q1 2025 | 5,062.0 thousands | 1.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 5,055.0 thousands | 1.8 |
| Q3 2024 | 5,034.0 thousands | 2.2 |
| Q2 2024 | 5,009.0 thousands | 2.2 |
| Q1 2024 | 4,999.0 thousands | 2.9 |
| Q4 2023 | 4,966.0 thousands | 3.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 4,925.0 thousands | 2.5 |
| Q2 2023 | 4,901.0 thousands | 2.7 |
| Q1 2023 | 4,860.0 thousands | 2.1 |
| Q4 2022 | 4,820.0 thousands | 1.6 |
| Q3 2022 | 4,803.0 thousands | 1.7 |
| Q2 2022 | 4,774.0 thousands | 1.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 4,760.0 thousands | 1.7 |
| Q4 2021 | 4,743.0 thousands | 2.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 4,724.0 thousands | 3.5 |
| Q2 2021 | 4,688.0 thousands | 2.9 |
| Q1 2021 | 4,681.0 thousands | 3.8 |
| Q4 2020 | 4,609.0 thousands | 2.9 |
| Q3 2020 | 4,564.0 thousands | 2.3 |

## API

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

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