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

United Kingdom Public Sector Employment by Sector; Total Public Sector; UK; FTE; SA;Thousands () was up 0.6% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 0.7% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 5,258.0 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.6% (Q3 2018) to 4.6% (Q1 2021), averaging 1.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.PUBSEC.Q.SA.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-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 5,258.0 thousands | 0.6 |
| Q1 2026 | 5,245.0 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q4 2025 | 5,245.0 thousands | 0.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 5,235.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 5,227.0 thousands | 1.4 |
| Q1 2025 | 5,209.0 thousands | 0.5 |
| Q4 2024 | 5,204.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q3 2024 | 5,183.0 thousands | 1.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 5,156.0 thousands | 1.4 |
| Q1 2024 | 5,183.0 thousands | 2.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 5,152.0 thousands | 2.9 |
| Q3 2023 | 5,112.0 thousands | 2.5 |
| Q2 2023 | 5,086.0 thousands | 2.6 |
| Q1 2023 | 5,044.0 thousands | 2.0 |
| Q4 2022 | 5,005.0 thousands | 1.5 |
| Q3 2022 | 4,988.0 thousands | 1.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 4,956.0 thousands | 1.6 |
| Q1 2022 | 4,944.0 thousands | 1.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 4,930.0 thousands | 2.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 4,912.0 thousands | 3.2 |
| Q2 2021 | 4,879.0 thousands | 2.7 |
| Q1 2021 | 4,872.0 thousands | 4.6 |
| Q4 2020 | 4,802.0 thousands | 3.8 |
| Q3 2020 | 4,759.0 thousands | 3.3 |

## API

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

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