# United Kingdom LFS: In Employment: Human health & social work activities: : People: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA ()

United Kingdom LFS: In Employment: Human health & social work activities: : People: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA () was up 3.1% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 3.1% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 4,956.0 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −4.2% (Q1 2023) to 8.1% (Q1 2024), averaging 1.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4FK.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-human-health-and-social-work-activities-people-aged

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 4,956.0 thousands | 3.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 4,973.0 thousands | 3.1 |
| Q4 2025 | 4,914.0 thousands | 2.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 4,896.0 thousands | −2.6 |
| Q2 2025 | 4,809.0 thousands | −2.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 4,823.0 thousands | −0.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 4,792.0 thousands | 0.4 |
| Q3 2024 | 5,028.0 thousands | 7.6 |
| Q2 2024 | 4,932.0 thousands | 5.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 4,837.0 thousands | 8.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 4,774.0 thousands | 5.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 4,675.0 thousands | 0.6 |
| Q2 2023 | 4,656.0 thousands | −0.2 |
| Q1 2023 | 4,474.0 thousands | −4.2 |
| Q4 2022 | 4,535.0 thousands | −0.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 4,649.0 thousands | 1.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 4,666.0 thousands | 2.7 |
| Q1 2022 | 4,670.0 thousands | 3.8 |
| Q4 2021 | 4,546.0 thousands | 2.5 |
| Q3 2021 | 4,593.0 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q2 2021 | 4,543.0 thousands | −0.5 |
| Q1 2021 | 4,498.0 thousands | −1.7 |
| Q4 2020 | 4,435.0 thousands | −2.7 |
| Q3 2020 | 4,542.0 thousands | 2.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4FK.MEASURE-LEVEL"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4FK.MEASURE-LEVEL",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```