# United Kingdom Workforce Jobs SA : O Public admin & defence; compulsory social (thousands) ()

United Kingdom Workforce Jobs SA : O Public admin & defence; compulsory social (thousands) () was up 2.6% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 3.0% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 1,802.0 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.2% (Q1 2017) to 4.2% (Q1 2021), averaging 1.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.Q.SA.ITEM-JWT3.MEASURE-LEVEL`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1978-04-01 to 2026-04-01 (193 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/workforce-jobs-sa-o-public-admin-and-defence-compulsory-social-thousands

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 1,802.0 thousands | 2.6 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,795.0 thousands | 3.0 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,775.0 thousands | 2.4 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,762.0 thousands | 2.2 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,757.0 thousands | 2.1 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,742.0 thousands | 2.2 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,733.0 thousands | 2.5 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,724.0 thousands | 2.8 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,721.0 thousands | 2.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,705.0 thousands | 2.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,690.0 thousands | 2.7 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,677.0 thousands | 2.4 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,678.0 thousands | 3.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,662.0 thousands | 1.5 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,645.0 thousands | 1.7 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,638.0 thousands | 1.6 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,628.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,638.0 thousands | 1.7 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,618.0 thousands | 2.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,612.0 thousands | 3.1 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,612.0 thousands | 3.3 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,611.0 thousands | 4.2 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,587.0 thousands | 3.5 |
| Q3 2020 | 1,564.0 thousands | 2.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.SA.ITEM-JWT3.MEASURE-LEVEL"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.SA.ITEM-JWT3.MEASURE-LEVEL",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```