# United Kingdom "LFS: In Employment: Public admin, defence & social security: : Men: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA" ()

United Kingdom "LFS: In Employment: Public admin, defence & social security: : Men: Aged 16 and over: Thousands: NSA" () was up 13.2% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 14.7% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 1,462.0 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −13.4% (Q2 2024) to 14.7% (Q1 2026), averaging 4.4%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4FD.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-public-admin-defence-and-social-security-men-aged-16

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 1,462.0 thousands | 13.2 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,433.0 thousands | 14.7 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,378.0 thousands | 11.6 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,320.0 thousands | 5.5 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,292.0 thousands | 10.9 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,249.0 thousands | 7.8 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,235.0 thousands | 2.5 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,251.0 thousands | −2.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,165.0 thousands | −13.4 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,159.0 thousands | −11.3 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,205.0 thousands | −4.4 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,281.0 thousands | 3.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,345.0 thousands | 14.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,306.0 thousands | 13.5 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,261.0 thousands | 5.8 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,244.0 thousands | 7.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,179.0 thousands | 5.9 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,151.0 thousands | 4.8 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,192.0 thousands | 6.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,157.0 thousands | 12.1 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,113.0 thousands | 7.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,098.0 thousands | 10.9 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,125.0 thousands | 12.7 |
| Q3 2020 | 1,032.0 thousands | 3.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4FD.MEASURE-LEVEL.SEX-M"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.NSA.ITEM-I4FD.MEASURE-LEVEL.SEX-M",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```