# United Kingdom Total employment (LFS);UK; HC; NSA; Thousands ()

United Kingdom Total employment (LFS);UK; HC; NSA; Thousands () was up 0.7% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 1.1% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 34,487 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.5% (Q4 2020) to 2.0% (Q1 2025), averaging 0.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMPTOTN.Q.NSA.MEASURE-HC`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1992-04-01 to 2026-04-01 (137 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/total-employment-lfs-uk-hc-nsa-thousands

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 34,487 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q1 2026 | 34,411 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q4 2025 | 34,277 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 34,261 thousands | 1.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 34,252 thousands | 2.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 34,033 thousands | 2.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 33,898 thousands | 1.8 |
| Q3 2024 | 33,825 thousands | 1.2 |
| Q2 2024 | 33,585 thousands | 0.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 33,361 thousands | −0.4 |
| Q4 2023 | 33,294 thousands | 0.4 |
| Q3 2023 | 33,418 thousands | 1.2 |
| Q2 2023 | 33,272 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 33,485 thousands | 1.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 33,148 thousands | 1.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 33,022 thousands | 0.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 32,908 thousands | 1.2 |
| Q1 2022 | 32,878 thousands | 1.8 |
| Q4 2021 | 32,743 thousands | 1.4 |
| Q3 2021 | 32,737 thousands | 1.2 |
| Q2 2021 | 32,516 thousands | −0.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 32,308 thousands | −1.5 |
| Q4 2020 | 32,297 thousands | −2.5 |
| Q3 2020 | 32,358 thousands | −1.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMPTOTN.Q.NSA.MEASURE-HC"

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