# United Kingdom (S.1): Compensation of employees (D.1) Uses: Current price: £m: SA ()

United Kingdom (S.1): Compensation of employees (D.1) Uses: Current price: £m: SA () was up 4.1% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 5.9% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 393,167 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.5% (Q2 2020) to 9.5% (Q4 2022), averaging 5.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.WAGES.Q.SA.ITEM-DTWM`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1955-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (286 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/s-1-compensation-of-employees-d-1-uses-current-price-m-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 393,167 £m | 4.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 393,234 £m | 5.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 386,891 £m | 6.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 383,079 £m | 7.8 |
| Q2 2025 | 377,678 £m | 7.7 |
| Q1 2025 | 371,407 £m | 7.6 |
| Q4 2024 | 364,685 £m | 8.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 355,422 £m | 5.8 |
| Q2 2024 | 350,690 £m | 4.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 345,096 £m | 5.2 |
| Q4 2023 | 335,946 £m | 4.2 |
| Q3 2023 | 336,071 £m | 7.2 |
| Q2 2023 | 335,406 £m | 8.6 |
| Q1 2023 | 328,055 £m | 8.4 |
| Q4 2022 | 322,310 £m | 9.5 |
| Q3 2022 | 313,582 £m | 7.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 308,892 £m | 6.2 |
| Q1 2022 | 302,581 £m | 6.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 294,442 £m | 4.4 |
| Q3 2021 | 293,104 £m | 6.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 290,864 £m | 8.8 |
| Q1 2021 | 284,024 £m | 3.6 |
| Q4 2020 | 281,914 £m | 2.2 |
| Q3 2020 | 274,780 £m | −0.3 |

## API

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

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