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

United Kingdom Public Sector Employment by Sector; Total Public Corps; UK; HC; NSA; Thousands () was up 1.3% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 2.6% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 161.0 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −51.4% (Q3 2018) to 34.2% (Q2 2020), averaging −5.0%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.PUBSEC.Q.NSA.MEASURE-HC.SECTOR-PUBLICCORP`
- 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-public-corps-uk-hc-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 161.0 thousands | 1.3 |
| Q1 2026 | 160.0 thousands | 2.6 |
| Q4 2025 | 159.0 thousands | 1.9 |
| Q3 2025 | 160.0 thousands | 3.2 |
| Q2 2025 | 159.0 thousands | 3.2 |
| Q1 2025 | 156.0 thousands | −20.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 156.0 thousands | −20.0 |
| Q3 2024 | 155.0 thousands | −20.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 154.0 thousands | −20.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 195.0 thousands | 0.0 |
| Q4 2023 | 195.0 thousands | 0.5 |
| Q3 2023 | 195.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 194.0 thousands | 2.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 195.0 thousands | 0.0 |
| Q4 2022 | 194.0 thousands | −1.0 |
| Q3 2022 | 193.0 thousands | −1.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 190.0 thousands | −5.5 |
| Q1 2022 | 195.0 thousands | −3.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 196.0 thousands | −3.4 |
| Q3 2021 | 195.0 thousands | −4.9 |
| Q2 2021 | 201.0 thousands | −3.4 |
| Q1 2021 | 202.0 thousands | 26.2 |
| Q4 2020 | 203.0 thousands | 31.8 |
| Q3 2020 | 205.0 thousands | 32.3 |

## API

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

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