# United Kingdom PEN: INC: Total employee contributions (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: INC: Total employee contributions (ended 2018) () was up 53.9% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 53.7% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 2,194.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −14.7% (Q4 2011) to 70.1% (Q2 2018), averaging 5.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RKQI.MEASURE-INCOME.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1992-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (108 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-inc-total-employee-contributions-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 2,194.0 £m | 53.9 |
| Q3 2018 | 2,144.0 £m | 53.7 |
| Q2 2018 | 2,169.0 £m | 70.1 |
| Q1 2018 | 2,130.0 £m | 42.3 |
| Q4 2017 | 1,426.0 £m | 9.3 |
| Q3 2017 | 1,395.0 £m | 6.6 |
| Q2 2017 | 1,275.0 £m | 4.0 |
| Q1 2017 | 1,497.0 £m | −4.5 |
| Q4 2016 | 1,305.0 £m | 8.7 |
| Q3 2016 | 1,309.0 £m | 9.1 |
| Q2 2016 | 1,226.0 £m | 8.5 |
| Q1 2016 | 1,568.0 £m | 21.3 |
| Q4 2015 | 1,200.0 £m | 0.6 |
| Q3 2015 | 1,200.0 £m | 0.5 |
| Q2 2015 | 1,130.0 £m | 10.8 |
| Q1 2015 | 1,293.0 £m | 3.9 |
| Q4 2014 | 1,193.0 £m | −0.5 |
| Q3 2014 | 1,194.0 £m | 1.6 |
| Q2 2014 | 1,020.0 £m | −2.6 |
| Q1 2014 | 1,244.0 £m | −0.6 |
| Q4 2013 | 1,199.0 £m | −4.0 |
| Q3 2013 | 1,175.0 £m | 3.0 |
| Q2 2013 | 1,047.0 £m | −2.3 |
| Q1 2013 | 1,252.0 £m | −4.6 |

## API

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

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