There were around 6.15 million people employed in the public sector in the United Kingdom as of the first quarter of 2025, compared with 6.46 million in late 2009, which was the peak for public sector employment during the provided time period.

Quarterly estimates of UK and regional public sector employment, made up of central government, local government, and public corporations.

The National Health Service (NHS) had around 2.06 million employees as of the first quarter of 2025, making it the largest public sector employer in the United Kingdom. In the same quarter, 1.66 million people worked in education, the second-largest industry in terms of public sector employees.

As of the second quarter of 2023, approximately **** percent of the UK workforce was employed in the country's public sector. Among UK countries and English regions, Northern Ireland had the highest share of public sector employment at **** percent, with London having the lowest share at **** percent.

Public and private sector employment, UK, published quarterly, seasonally adjusted.

Seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted quarterly time series of UK public sector employment, containing the latest estimates.

As of the first quarter of 2025, there were approximately 5.2 million women employed in the public sector of the United Kingdom, compared with 2.8 million men.

There were around ******* people working as in the civil service in the United Kingdom as of the first quarter of 2025. Between 2011 and 2016, the number of civil servants fell significantly, with a recent uptick noticeable from 2018 onwards.

In the first quarter of 2025, there were approximately 27.9 million people working in the private sector of the United Kingdom, compared with 21.9 million in 2000.

Scottish Public Sector Employment Statistics are published by the Scottish Government and includes results from the work of a cross-departmental project, led by ONS, to improve the quality and timeliness of public sector employment statistics. Standard definitions for public sector employment across departmental statistics were agreed and a single definitive set of quarterly PSE estimates were introduced. Methodology Data reproduced here is an extract of Public Sector Employment Statistics, filtered for Glasgow local authority. The full Scottish dataset can be download from here 2014-07-17T17:00:00 Licence: None

United Kingdom Employment: Public Sector: Education data was reported at 1,513.000 Person th in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,508.000 Person th for Mar 2018. United Kingdom Employment: Public Sector: Education data is updated quarterly, averaging 1,520.000 Person th from Mar 1999 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 78 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,685.000 Person th in Jun 2010 and a record low of 1,385.000 Person th in Sep 1999. United Kingdom Employment: Public Sector: Education data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office for National Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.G032: Employment: Public Sector.

As of the first quarter of 2025, there were approximately **** million women employed in the private sector of the United Kingdom, compared with **** million men.

There were approximately **** million people working in the education public sector in the United Kingdom as of the first quarter of 2025, compared with *** million in the first quarter of 2000.

(CDID: MFY2) Quarter - Public sector employment time series Seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted quarterly time series of UK public sector employment, containing the latest estimates.

(CDID: G7EX) Quarter - Labour market statistics time series Main labour market statistics time series data.

United Kingdom Employment: Public Sector: FT: Public Corporations data was reported at 185.000 Person th in Mar 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 184.000 Person th for Dec 2017. United Kingdom Employment: Public Sector: FT: Public Corporations data is updated quarterly, averaging 365.000 Person th from Mar 1999 (Median) to Mar 2018, with 77 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 689.000 Person th in Dec 2008 and a record low of 184.000 Person th in Dec 2017. United Kingdom Employment: Public Sector: FT: Public Corporations data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office for National Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.G032: Employment: Public Sector.

United Kingdom Employment: Public Sector: General Govt: Local Govt data was reported at 2,046.000 Person th in Jun 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2,051.000 Person th for Mar 2018. United Kingdom Employment: Public Sector: General Govt: Local Govt data is updated quarterly, averaging 2,780.500 Person th from Mar 1999 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 78 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,944.000 Person th in Jun 2007 and a record low of 2,046.000 Person th in Jun 2018. United Kingdom Employment: Public Sector: General Govt: Local Govt data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office for National Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.G032: Employment: Public Sector.

United Kingdom Employment: Public Sector: Other data was reported at 503.000 Person th in Jun 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 512.000 Person th for Mar 2018. United Kingdom Employment: Public Sector: Other data is updated quarterly, averaging 789.500 Person th from Mar 1999 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 78 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,122.000 Person th in Dec 2008 and a record low of 503.000 Person th in Jun 2018. United Kingdom Employment: Public Sector: Other data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office for National Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.G032: Employment: Public Sector.