# United Kingdom PEN: INC: Employers normal contributions: Defined contribution (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: INC: Employers normal contributions: Defined contribution (ended 2018) () was up 114.5% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 131.5% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 3,056.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −26.3% (Q3 2014) to 133.5% (Q2 2018), averaging 31.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-SFXI.MEASURE-INCOME.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 2004-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (60 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-inc-employers-normal-contributions-defined-contribution-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 3,056.0 £m | 114.5 |
| Q3 2018 | 3,176.0 £m | 131.5 |
| Q2 2018 | 2,984.0 £m | 133.5 |
| Q1 2018 | 2,526.0 £m | 99.7 |
| Q4 2017 | 1,425.0 £m | 8.1 |
| Q3 2017 | 1,372.0 £m | 25.0 |
| Q2 2017 | 1,278.0 £m | 7.1 |
| Q1 2017 | 1,265.0 £m | 5.2 |
| Q4 2016 | 1,318.0 £m | 42.3 |
| Q3 2016 | 1,098.0 £m | 23.1 |
| Q2 2016 | 1,193.0 £m | 46.0 |
| Q1 2016 | 1,202.0 £m | 48.8 |
| Q4 2015 | 926.0 £m | 21.0 |
| Q3 2015 | 892.0 £m | 18.6 |
| Q2 2015 | 817.0 £m | 17.2 |
| Q1 2015 | 808.0 £m | 12.2 |
| Q4 2014 | 765.0 £m | −19.4 |
| Q3 2014 | 752.0 £m | −26.3 |
| Q2 2014 | 697.0 £m | −21.8 |
| Q1 2014 | 720.0 £m | −22.2 |
| Q4 2013 | 949.0 £m | 23.7 |
| Q3 2013 | 1,021.0 £m | 20.7 |
| Q2 2013 | 891.0 £m | 4.5 |
| Q1 2013 | 925.0 £m | 0.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-SFXI.MEASURE-INCOME.SECTOR-PENSIONS"

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