# United Kingdom LFS: Employment: : People: Aged 25-54: Thousands: NSA ()

United Kingdom LFS: Employment: : People: Aged 25-54: Thousands: NSA () was up 0.2% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 0.4% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 22,820 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.9% (Q4 2020) to 1.4% (Q2 2025), averaging 0.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.Q.NSA.AGE-25-54.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-employment-people-aged-25-54-thousands-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 22,820 thousands | 0.2 |
| Q1 2026 | 22,819 thousands | 0.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 22,747 thousands | 0.4 |
| Q3 2025 | 22,688 thousands | 0.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 22,766 thousands | 1.4 |
| Q1 2025 | 22,723 thousands | 1.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 22,663 thousands | 0.8 |
| Q3 2024 | 22,612 thousands | 0.6 |
| Q2 2024 | 22,450 thousands | 0.2 |
| Q1 2024 | 22,437 thousands | 0.2 |
| Q4 2023 | 22,478 thousands | 0.8 |
| Q3 2023 | 22,470 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q2 2023 | 22,396 thousands | 0.8 |
| Q1 2023 | 22,387 thousands | 0.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 22,302 thousands | 0.6 |
| Q3 2022 | 22,221 thousands | 0.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 22,210 thousands | 0.5 |
| Q1 2022 | 22,214 thousands | 0.6 |
| Q4 2021 | 22,170 thousands | 0.6 |
| Q3 2021 | 22,171 thousands | 0.3 |
| Q2 2021 | 22,094 thousands | −0.6 |
| Q1 2021 | 22,085 thousands | −1.2 |
| Q4 2020 | 22,045 thousands | −1.9 |
| Q3 2020 | 22,112 thousands | −1.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.AGE-25-54.MEASURE-LEVEL"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.AGE-25-54.MEASURE-LEVEL",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```