# United Kingdom LFS: In Employment: Accommodation & food services: : Men: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA ()

United Kingdom LFS: In Employment: Accommodation & food services: : Men: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA () was down 12.8% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −11.8% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 821.0 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −15.5% (Q1 2021) to 32.4% (Q1 2025), averaging 1.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4ET.MEASURE-LEVEL.SEX-M`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (118 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/lfs-in-employment-accommodation-and-food-services-men-aged-16-and-over

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 821.0 thousands | −12.8 |
| Q1 2026 | 801.0 thousands | −11.8 |
| Q4 2025 | 864.0 thousands | −7.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 927.0 thousands | 10.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 942.0 thousands | 23.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 908.0 thousands | 32.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 934.0 thousands | 26.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 840.0 thousands | 6.7 |
| Q2 2024 | 766.0 thousands | 3.8 |
| Q1 2024 | 686.0 thousands | −15.0 |
| Q4 2023 | 738.0 thousands | −7.6 |
| Q3 2023 | 787.0 thousands | −1.7 |
| Q2 2023 | 738.0 thousands | −10.0 |
| Q1 2023 | 807.0 thousands | 11.3 |
| Q4 2022 | 799.0 thousands | 9.8 |
| Q3 2022 | 801.0 thousands | 6.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 820.0 thousands | 14.0 |
| Q1 2022 | 725.0 thousands | 8.9 |
| Q4 2021 | 728.0 thousands | 11.5 |
| Q3 2021 | 756.0 thousands | 7.2 |
| Q2 2021 | 719.0 thousands | −4.5 |
| Q1 2021 | 666.0 thousands | −15.5 |
| Q4 2020 | 653.0 thousands | −15.1 |
| Q3 2020 | 705.0 thousands | −14.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4ET.MEASURE-LEVEL.SEX-M"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4ET.MEASURE-LEVEL.SEX-M",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```