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

United Kingdom Public Sector Employment by Sector; Total Public Sector; UK; HC; NSA; Thousands () was up 0.6% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 0.6% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 6,202.0 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2019.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.5% (Q2 2018) to 3.7% (Q1 2021), averaging 0.9%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 6,202.0 thousands | 0.6 |
| Q1 2026 | 6,208.0 thousands | 0.6 |
| Q4 2025 | 6,193.0 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q3 2025 | 6,174.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 6,168.0 thousands | 1.3 |
| Q1 2025 | 6,171.0 thousands | 0.6 |
| Q4 2024 | 6,147.0 thousands | 0.9 |
| Q3 2024 | 6,114.0 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q2 2024 | 6,088.0 thousands | 1.5 |
| Q1 2024 | 6,132.0 thousands | 2.5 |
| Q4 2023 | 6,090.0 thousands | 2.7 |
| Q3 2023 | 6,046.0 thousands | 2.6 |
| Q2 2023 | 5,998.0 thousands | 2.0 |
| Q1 2023 | 5,980.0 thousands | 1.6 |
| Q4 2022 | 5,931.0 thousands | 1.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 5,890.0 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q2 2022 | 5,879.0 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q1 2022 | 5,887.0 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q4 2021 | 5,858.0 thousands | 2.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 5,826.0 thousands | 2.4 |
| Q2 2021 | 5,814.0 thousands | 2.1 |
| Q1 2021 | 5,823.0 thousands | 3.7 |
| Q4 2020 | 5,732.0 thousands | 2.8 |
| Q3 2020 | 5,688.0 thousands | 2.5 |

## API

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

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