# United Kingdom Public Sector Employment by Sector; Total General Gov; UK; HC; NSA; Thousands ()

United Kingdom Public Sector Employment by Sector; Total General Gov; UK; HC; NSA; Thousands () was up 0.5% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 0.6% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 6,041.0 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2018.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.4% (Q4 2016) to 3.0% (Q1 2021), averaging 1.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.PUBSEC.Q.NSA.MEASURE-HC.SECTOR-GENGOVT`
- 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-total-general-gov-uk-hc-nsa-thousands

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 6,041.0 thousands | 0.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 6,049.0 thousands | 0.6 |
| Q4 2025 | 6,034.0 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q3 2025 | 6,014.0 thousands | 0.9 |
| Q2 2025 | 6,009.0 thousands | 1.3 |
| Q1 2025 | 6,014.0 thousands | 1.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 5,991.0 thousands | 1.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 5,959.0 thousands | 1.8 |
| Q2 2024 | 5,934.0 thousands | 2.2 |
| Q1 2024 | 5,937.0 thousands | 2.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 5,895.0 thousands | 2.8 |
| Q3 2023 | 5,851.0 thousands | 2.7 |
| Q2 2023 | 5,805.0 thousands | 2.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 5,785.0 thousands | 1.6 |
| Q4 2022 | 5,737.0 thousands | 1.3 |
| Q3 2022 | 5,697.0 thousands | 1.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 5,688.0 thousands | 1.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 5,692.0 thousands | 1.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 5,662.0 thousands | 2.4 |
| Q3 2021 | 5,630.0 thousands | 2.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 5,613.0 thousands | 2.4 |
| Q1 2021 | 5,621.0 thousands | 3.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 5,529.0 thousands | 2.0 |
| Q3 2020 | 5,483.0 thousands | 1.6 |

## API

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

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