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

United Kingdom PEN: INC: Total employer contributions (ended 2018) () was down 4.5% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 7.3% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 9,948.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −28.0% (Q1 2014) to 59.8% (Q2 2010), averaging 4.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RKST.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-employer-contributions-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 9,948.0 £m | −4.5 |
| Q3 2018 | 10,489 £m | 7.3 |
| Q2 2018 | 9,959.0 £m | −19.1 |
| Q1 2018 | 11,244 £m | −11.4 |
| Q4 2017 | 10,419 £m | 9.3 |
| Q3 2017 | 9,775.0 £m | 16.1 |
| Q2 2017 | 12,310 £m | 47.5 |
| Q1 2017 | 12,693 £m | −19.6 |
| Q4 2016 | 9,529.0 £m | 5.0 |
| Q3 2016 | 8,423.0 £m | 6.1 |
| Q2 2016 | 8,348.0 £m | 2.5 |
| Q1 2016 | 15,780 £m | 47.6 |
| Q4 2015 | 9,071.0 £m | −4.4 |
| Q3 2015 | 7,942.0 £m | −2.0 |
| Q2 2015 | 8,145.0 £m | −1.2 |
| Q1 2015 | 10,690 £m | 0.8 |
| Q4 2014 | 9,492.0 £m | −3.7 |
| Q3 2014 | 8,108.0 £m | −10.8 |
| Q2 2014 | 8,244.0 £m | −8.2 |
| Q1 2014 | 10,603 £m | −28.0 |
| Q4 2013 | 9,858.0 £m | −2.7 |
| Q3 2013 | 9,086.0 £m | −1.6 |
| Q2 2013 | 8,985.0 £m | −3.6 |
| Q1 2013 | 14,730 £m | −3.1 |

## API

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

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