# United Kingdom LFS: Employees: Total ISIC Rev. 4: : People: Aged 15 and over: Thousands: NSA ()

United Kingdom LFS: Employees: Total ISIC Rev. 4: : People: Aged 15 and over: Thousands: NSA () was up 0.4% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 0.7% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 29,677 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.08% (Q4 2020) to 2.3% (Q2 2025), averaging 1.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.Q.NSA.GRP-EMPLOYEE.ITEM-J664.MEASURE-LEVEL`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 2001-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (102 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/lfs-employees-total-isic-rev-4-people-aged-15-and-over-thousands-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 29,677 thousands | 0.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 29,531 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q4 2025 | 29,633 thousands | 1.3 |
| Q3 2025 | 29,627 thousands | 1.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 29,545 thousands | 2.3 |
| Q1 2025 | 29,312 thousands | 1.6 |
| Q4 2024 | 29,258 thousands | 1.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 29,233 thousands | 1.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 28,887 thousands | 0.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 28,862 thousands | 0.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 28,807 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q3 2023 | 28,832 thousands | 1.2 |
| Q2 2023 | 28,708 thousands | 0.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 28,677 thousands | 1.2 |
| Q4 2022 | 28,613 thousands | 0.8 |
| Q3 2022 | 28,495 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q2 2022 | 28,464 thousands | 1.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 28,324 thousands | 1.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 28,388 thousands | 2.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 28,309 thousands | 1.9 |
| Q2 2021 | 27,961 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 27,898 thousands | 0.4 |
| Q4 2020 | 27,845 thousands | 0.08 |
| Q3 2020 | 27,794 thousands | 0.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.GRP-EMPLOYEE.ITEM-J664.MEASURE-LEVEL"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.GRP-EMPLOYEE.ITEM-J664.MEASURE-LEVEL",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```