# United Kingdom LFS: Employment: Cat R ISIC Rev. 4: : People: Aged 15 and over: Thousands: NSA ()

United Kingdom LFS: Employment: Cat R ISIC Rev. 4: : People: Aged 15 and over: Thousands: NSA () was up 5.0% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 9.9% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 985.0 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.6% (Q1 2021) to 13.5% (Q4 2025), averaging 1.6%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 985.0 thousands | 5.0 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,009.0 thousands | 9.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 952.0 thousands | 13.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 991.0 thousands | 13.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 938.0 thousands | 5.2 |
| Q1 2025 | 918.0 thousands | 4.6 |
| Q4 2024 | 839.0 thousands | −2.4 |
| Q3 2024 | 874.0 thousands | −4.9 |
| Q2 2024 | 892.0 thousands | 2.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 878.0 thousands | −1.0 |
| Q4 2023 | 860.0 thousands | −2.8 |
| Q3 2023 | 919.0 thousands | 1.2 |
| Q2 2023 | 869.0 thousands | −0.5 |
| Q1 2023 | 887.0 thousands | −2.0 |
| Q4 2022 | 885.0 thousands | 1.7 |
| Q3 2022 | 908.0 thousands | 6.3 |
| Q2 2022 | 873.0 thousands | −1.1 |
| Q1 2022 | 905.0 thousands | 11.9 |
| Q4 2021 | 870.0 thousands | 5.6 |
| Q3 2021 | 854.0 thousands | 2.5 |
| Q2 2021 | 883.0 thousands | 2.3 |
| Q1 2021 | 809.0 thousands | −8.6 |
| Q4 2020 | 824.0 thousands | −7.4 |
| Q3 2020 | 833.0 thousands | −4.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.MEASURE-LEVEL.NACE-C-R"

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