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

United Kingdom Rest of the World (S.2): Compensation of employees (D.1): Use: Current price £million: Not seasonally adjusted () was up 9.8% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 8.5% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 583.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −82.1% (Q2 2020) to 228.7% (Q2 2022), averaging 20.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.WAGES.Q.NSA.ITEM-KTMN`
- 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-use-current-price

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 583.0 £m | 9.8 |
| Q1 2026 | 470.0 £m | 8.5 |
| Q4 2025 | 567.0 £m | 13.2 |
| Q3 2025 | 522.0 £m | 14.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 531.0 £m | 15.7 |
| Q1 2025 | 433.0 £m | 18.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 501.0 £m | 17.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 458.0 £m | 16.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 459.0 £m | −1.7 |
| Q1 2024 | 366.0 £m | 7.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 426.0 £m | 15.8 |
| Q3 2023 | 393.0 £m | 16.6 |
| Q2 2023 | 467.0 £m | 40.7 |
| Q1 2023 | 340.0 £m | 63.5 |
| Q4 2022 | 368.0 £m | 88.7 |
| Q3 2022 | 337.0 £m | 111.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 332.0 £m | 228.7 |
| Q1 2022 | 208.0 £m | 136.4 |
| Q4 2021 | 195.0 £m | 140.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 159.0 £m | 31.4 |
| Q2 2021 | 101.0 £m | 65.6 |
| Q1 2021 | 88.00 £m | −71.1 |
| Q4 2020 | 81.00 £m | −79.4 |
| Q3 2020 | 121.0 £m | −62.8 |

## API

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

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