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

United Kingdom LFS: Employment: Cat S ISIC Rev. 4: : People: Aged 15 and over: Thousands: NSA () was up 1.1% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 5.2% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 944.0 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −10.4% (Q3 2018) to 11.2% (Q2 2017), averaging 1.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.Q.NSA.MEASURE-LEVEL.NACE-C-S`
- 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-s-isic-rev-4-people-aged-15-and-over-thousands-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 944.0 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 966.0 thousands | 5.2 |
| Q4 2025 | 961.0 thousands | 4.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 957.0 thousands | 3.7 |
| Q2 2025 | 934.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 918.0 thousands | −2.5 |
| Q4 2024 | 923.0 thousands | −3.2 |
| Q3 2024 | 923.0 thousands | −1.7 |
| Q2 2024 | 925.0 thousands | 3.4 |
| Q1 2024 | 942.0 thousands | 6.9 |
| Q4 2023 | 954.0 thousands | 6.6 |
| Q3 2023 | 939.0 thousands | 9.4 |
| Q2 2023 | 895.0 thousands | 1.5 |
| Q1 2023 | 881.0 thousands | −2.5 |
| Q4 2022 | 895.0 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q3 2022 | 858.0 thousands | −1.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 882.0 thousands | −5.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 904.0 thousands | −1.8 |
| Q4 2021 | 889.0 thousands | −1.3 |
| Q3 2021 | 870.0 thousands | −2.8 |
| Q2 2021 | 932.0 thousands | 5.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 921.0 thousands | −1.2 |
| Q4 2020 | 901.0 thousands | −5.9 |
| Q3 2020 | 895.0 thousands | −2.9 |

## API

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

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