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

United Kingdom Public Sector Employment by Sector; Total Public Sector; UK; FTE; NSA; Thousands () was up 0.6% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 0.7% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 5,251.0 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.6% (Q2 2018) to 4.6% (Q1 2021), averaging 1.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.PUBSEC.Q.NSA.MEASURE-FTE.SECTOR-PUBLICALL`
- 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-public-sector-uk-fte-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 5,251.0 thousands | 0.6 |
| Q1 2026 | 5,258.0 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q4 2025 | 5,245.0 thousands | 0.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 5,229.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 5,219.0 thousands | 1.4 |
| Q1 2025 | 5,224.0 thousands | 0.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 5,203.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q3 2024 | 5,177.0 thousands | 1.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 5,149.0 thousands | 1.4 |
| Q1 2024 | 5,201.0 thousands | 2.7 |
| Q4 2023 | 5,150.0 thousands | 3.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 5,107.0 thousands | 2.4 |
| Q2 2023 | 5,077.0 thousands | 2.6 |
| Q1 2023 | 5,062.0 thousands | 2.1 |
| Q4 2022 | 5,002.0 thousands | 1.6 |
| Q3 2022 | 4,985.0 thousands | 1.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 4,948.0 thousands | 1.6 |
| Q1 2022 | 4,960.0 thousands | 1.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 4,924.0 thousands | 2.6 |
| Q3 2021 | 4,909.0 thousands | 3.2 |
| Q2 2021 | 4,871.0 thousands | 2.7 |
| Q1 2021 | 4,886.0 thousands | 4.6 |
| Q4 2020 | 4,798.0 thousands | 3.8 |
| Q3 2020 | 4,756.0 thousands | 3.3 |

## API

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

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