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

United Kingdom LFS: In Employment: Information & communication: : Women: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA () was up 5.9% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 12.7% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 542.0 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −13.5% (Q1 2022) to 31.1% (Q4 2019), averaging 5.0%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4EV.MEASURE-LEVEL.SEX-F`
- 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-women-aged-16-and-over

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 542.0 thousands | 5.9 |
| Q1 2026 | 551.0 thousands | 12.7 |
| Q4 2025 | 549.0 thousands | 13.7 |
| Q3 2025 | 495.0 thousands | 0.6 |
| Q2 2025 | 512.0 thousands | 6.9 |
| Q1 2025 | 489.0 thousands | −3.9 |
| Q4 2024 | 483.0 thousands | −5.7 |
| Q3 2024 | 492.0 thousands | −5.9 |
| Q2 2024 | 479.0 thousands | −4.4 |
| Q1 2024 | 509.0 thousands | 1.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 512.0 thousands | −1.9 |
| Q3 2023 | 523.0 thousands | −4.7 |
| Q2 2023 | 501.0 thousands | 6.6 |
| Q1 2023 | 501.0 thousands | 10.1 |
| Q4 2022 | 522.0 thousands | 2.6 |
| Q3 2022 | 549.0 thousands | 6.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 470.0 thousands | −2.9 |
| Q1 2022 | 455.0 thousands | −13.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 509.0 thousands | 4.3 |
| Q3 2021 | 517.0 thousands | 18.9 |
| Q2 2021 | 484.0 thousands | 15.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 526.0 thousands | 19.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 488.0 thousands | 6.3 |
| Q3 2020 | 435.0 thousands | 2.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4EV.MEASURE-LEVEL.SEX-F"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4EV.MEASURE-LEVEL.SEX-F",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```