# United Kingdom LFS: In Employment: Construction: : Men: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA ()

United Kingdom LFS: In Employment: Construction: : Men: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA () was down 0.1% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −3.3% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 1,761.0 thousands.
That is the highest reading since Q1 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −9.8% (Q4 2020) to 5.3% (Q2 2016), averaging −1.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4EK.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-construction-men-aged-16-and-over-thousands-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 1,761.0 thousands | −0.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,746.0 thousands | −3.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,740.0 thousands | −4.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,737.0 thousands | −2.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,763.0 thousands | −1.8 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,806.0 thousands | −0.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,815.0 thousands | −1.8 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,780.0 thousands | −2.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,795.0 thousands | −1.5 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,814.0 thousands | 0.0 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,848.0 thousands | 0.8 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,826.0 thousands | 0.3 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,822.0 thousands | −2.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,814.0 thousands | −1.6 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,834.0 thousands | 0.3 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,821.0 thousands | −2.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,861.0 thousands | 3.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,843.0 thousands | 2.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,829.0 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,875.0 thousands | 1.4 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,802.0 thousands | −5.9 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,801.0 thousands | −9.6 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,816.0 thousands | −9.8 |
| Q3 2020 | 1,849.0 thousands | −9.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4EK.MEASURE-LEVEL.SEX-M"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4EK.MEASURE-LEVEL.SEX-M",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```