# United Kingdom S1311 CG: D.611: Res: Employers actual social contributions: CP: SA ()

United Kingdom S1311 CG: D.611: Res: Employers actual social contributions: CP: SA () was up 7.8% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 20.0% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 49,673 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q4 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.2% (Q2 2023) to 22.4% (Q3 2025), averaging 8.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.GOVCONS.Q.SA.ITEM-L8NC`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1987-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (158 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/s1311-cg-d-611-res-employers-actual-social-contributions-cp-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 49,673 £m | 7.8 |
| Q1 2026 | 51,736 £m | 20.0 |
| Q4 2025 | 49,678 £m | 18.3 |
| Q3 2025 | 48,342 £m | 22.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 46,078 £m | 18.8 |
| Q1 2025 | 43,122 £m | 10.1 |
| Q4 2024 | 42,007 £m | 12.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 39,499 £m | 9.8 |
| Q2 2024 | 38,799 £m | 9.5 |
| Q1 2024 | 39,170 £m | 11.3 |
| Q4 2023 | 37,312 £m | 6.9 |
| Q3 2023 | 35,985 £m | 1.4 |
| Q2 2023 | 35,425 £m | 1.2 |
| Q1 2023 | 35,194 £m | 6.9 |
| Q4 2022 | 34,914 £m | 10.3 |
| Q3 2022 | 35,472 £m | 14.6 |
| Q2 2022 | 35,004 £m | 16.7 |
| Q1 2022 | 32,923 £m | 12.9 |
| Q4 2021 | 31,641 £m | 9.3 |
| Q3 2021 | 30,942 £m | 9.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 29,992 £m | 10.1 |
| Q1 2021 | 29,174 £m | 5.8 |
| Q4 2020 | 28,949 £m | 4.4 |
| Q3 2020 | 28,198 £m | 3.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.GOVCONS.Q.SA.ITEM-L8NC"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.GOVCONS.Q.SA.ITEM-L8NC",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```