# United Kingdom Total Sector: Purchased Software: FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES: £m: CP: NSA ()

United Kingdom Total Sector: Purchased Software: FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES: £m: CP: NSA () was down 11.3% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −19.3% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 180.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −44.4% (Q3 2025) to 132.7% (Q4 2017), averaging 5.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EF9G.NACE-K`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (118 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/total-sector-purchased-software-financial-and-insurance-activities-m-cp

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 180.0 £m | −11.3 |
| Q1 2026 | 192.0 £m | −19.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 208.0 £m | −39.4 |
| Q3 2025 | 175.0 £m | −44.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 203.0 £m | −28.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 238.0 £m | −15.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 343.0 £m | 29.9 |
| Q3 2024 | 315.0 £m | 9.0 |
| Q2 2024 | 282.0 £m | 2.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 280.0 £m | −8.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 264.0 £m | −15.1 |
| Q3 2023 | 289.0 £m | 0.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 274.0 £m | 1.5 |
| Q1 2023 | 307.0 £m | 9.3 |
| Q4 2022 | 311.0 £m | 3.3 |
| Q3 2022 | 289.0 £m | −1.7 |
| Q2 2022 | 270.0 £m | 9.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 281.0 £m | 18.1 |
| Q4 2021 | 301.0 £m | 1.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 294.0 £m | −1.0 |
| Q2 2021 | 246.0 £m | −22.6 |
| Q1 2021 | 238.0 £m | −16.8 |
| Q4 2020 | 298.0 £m | −31.7 |
| Q3 2020 | 297.0 £m | −9.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EF9G.NACE-K"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EF9G.NACE-K",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```