# United Kingdom LFS: In Employment: Administrative & support services: : People: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA ()

United Kingdom LFS: In Employment: Administrative & support services: : People: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA () was up 0.3% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −1.8% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 1,509.0 thousands.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −9.5% (Q1 2021) to 7.6% (Q2 2024), averaging −0.4%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4FB.MEASURE-LEVEL`
- 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-administrative-and-support-services-people-aged-16

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 1,509.0 thousands | 0.3 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,453.0 thousands | −1.8 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,437.0 thousands | −0.6 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,436.0 thousands | −3.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,505.0 thousands | −1.2 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,480.0 thousands | −1.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,445.0 thousands | −7.0 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,486.0 thousands | 5.7 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,524.0 thousands | 7.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,501.0 thousands | 2.3 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,554.0 thousands | 5.9 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,406.0 thousands | −0.8 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,416.0 thousands | −1.6 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,467.0 thousands | 3.2 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,467.0 thousands | 0.0 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,418.0 thousands | −3.1 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,439.0 thousands | 0.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,421.0 thousands | 0.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,467.0 thousands | 4.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,464.0 thousands | −3.0 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,435.0 thousands | −4.5 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,417.0 thousands | −9.5 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,411.0 thousands | −8.9 |
| Q3 2020 | 1,509.0 thousands | −0.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4FB.MEASURE-LEVEL"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4FB.MEASURE-LEVEL",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```