# United Kingdom LFS: In Employment: Other services: : People: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA ()

United Kingdom LFS: In Employment: Other services: : People: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA () was up 3.3% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 7.2% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 1,990.0 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.4% (Q4 2020) to 8.7% (Q3 2025), averaging 1.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4FN.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-other-services-people-aged-16-and-over-thousands-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 1,990.0 thousands | 3.3 |
| Q1 2026 | 2,029.0 thousands | 7.2 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,958.0 thousands | 7.9 |
| Q3 2025 | 2,001.0 thousands | 8.7 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,926.0 thousands | 2.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,892.0 thousands | 0.6 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,814.0 thousands | −3.2 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,840.0 thousands | −4.2 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,879.0 thousands | 4.2 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,880.0 thousands | 3.5 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,873.0 thousands | 2.6 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,921.0 thousands | 5.7 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,804.0 thousands | −0.2 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,816.0 thousands | −2.3 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,826.0 thousands | 0.9 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,817.0 thousands | 2.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,807.0 thousands | −3.5 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,858.0 thousands | 4.7 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,810.0 thousands | 2.5 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,782.0 thousands | 0.5 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,872.0 thousands | 4.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,774.0 thousands | −5.4 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,766.0 thousands | −7.4 |
| Q3 2020 | 1,774.0 thousands | −3.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4FN.MEASURE-LEVEL"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4FN.MEASURE-LEVEL",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```