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

United Kingdom LFS: In Employment: Information & communication: : Men: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA () was up 0.8% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 4.5% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 1,189.0 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.7% (Q4 2017) to 13.8% (Q3 2022), averaging 2.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4EW.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-information-and-communication-men-aged-16-and-over

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 1,189.0 thousands | 0.8 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,179.0 thousands | 4.5 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,195.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,184.0 thousands | 0.9 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,179.0 thousands | 0.4 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,128.0 thousands | −1.7 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,183.0 thousands | 3.0 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,173.0 thousands | −1.8 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,174.0 thousands | −5.2 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,148.0 thousands | −0.4 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,148.0 thousands | −1.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,194.0 thousands | −0.6 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,239.0 thousands | 5.2 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,153.0 thousands | 2.5 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,160.0 thousands | 6.7 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,201.0 thousands | 13.8 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,178.0 thousands | 13.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,125.0 thousands | 11.1 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,087.0 thousands | 3.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,055.0 thousands | −3.0 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,040.0 thousands | 2.6 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,013.0 thousands | −4.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,046.0 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q3 2020 | 1,088.0 thousands | 10.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4EW.MEASURE-LEVEL.SEX-M"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4EW.MEASURE-LEVEL.SEX-M",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```