# United Kingdom Rest of the World (S.2): Compensation of employees (D.1): Resource: Current price £million: Not seasonally adjusted ()

United Kingdom Rest of the World (S.2): Compensation of employees (D.1): Resource: Current price £million: Not seasonally adjusted () was up 10.0% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 16.8% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 712.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −73.8% (Q2 2020) to 245.6% (Q2 2022), averaging 19.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.WAGES.Q.NSA.ITEM-KTMO`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1946-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (322 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/rest-of-the-world-s-2-compensation-of-employees-d-1-resource-current

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 712.0 £m | 10.0 |
| Q1 2026 | 682.0 £m | 16.8 |
| Q4 2025 | 738.0 £m | 16.4 |
| Q3 2025 | 677.0 £m | 10.6 |
| Q2 2025 | 647.0 £m | −1.7 |
| Q1 2025 | 584.0 £m | 19.2 |
| Q4 2024 | 634.0 £m | 4.1 |
| Q3 2024 | 612.0 £m | 0.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 658.0 £m | 17.7 |
| Q1 2024 | 490.0 £m | −2.4 |
| Q4 2023 | 609.0 £m | −8.6 |
| Q3 2023 | 609.0 £m | 14.5 |
| Q2 2023 | 559.0 £m | 8.5 |
| Q1 2023 | 502.0 £m | 66.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 666.0 £m | 114.1 |
| Q3 2022 | 532.0 £m | 163.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 515.0 £m | 245.6 |
| Q1 2022 | 301.0 £m | 115.0 |
| Q4 2021 | 311.0 £m | 51.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 202.0 £m | 28.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 149.0 £m | 22.1 |
| Q1 2021 | 140.0 £m | −58.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 205.0 £m | −57.7 |
| Q3 2020 | 157.0 £m | −64.7 |

## API

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

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