# United Kingdom "LFS: In Employment: Mining, energy, water supply: : People: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA" ()

United Kingdom "LFS: In Employment: Mining, energy, water supply: : People: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA" () was up 2.1% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −6.6% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 578.0 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −11.3% (Q3 2022) to 18.3% (Q3 2021), averaging 0.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4EC.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-mining-energy-water-supply-people-aged-16-and-over

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 578.0 thousands | 2.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 550.0 thousands | −6.6 |
| Q4 2025 | 567.0 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q3 2025 | 582.0 thousands | 2.6 |
| Q2 2025 | 566.0 thousands | 1.8 |
| Q1 2025 | 589.0 thousands | −0.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 563.0 thousands | 2.0 |
| Q3 2024 | 567.0 thousands | 12.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 556.0 thousands | 8.8 |
| Q1 2024 | 591.0 thousands | 13.2 |
| Q4 2023 | 552.0 thousands | 1.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 505.0 thousands | −10.9 |
| Q2 2023 | 511.0 thousands | −7.4 |
| Q1 2023 | 522.0 thousands | −8.1 |
| Q4 2022 | 545.0 thousands | −7.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 567.0 thousands | −11.3 |
| Q2 2022 | 552.0 thousands | −8.9 |
| Q1 2022 | 568.0 thousands | 0.0 |
| Q4 2021 | 587.0 thousands | 0.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 639.0 thousands | 18.3 |
| Q2 2021 | 606.0 thousands | 5.9 |
| Q1 2021 | 568.0 thousands | 4.2 |
| Q4 2020 | 582.0 thousands | 6.8 |
| Q3 2020 | 540.0 thousands | −1.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4EC.MEASURE-LEVEL"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4EC.MEASURE-LEVEL",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```