# United Kingdom Total Sector: Purchased Software: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION: £m: CP: NSA ()

United Kingdom Total Sector: Purchased Software: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION: £m: CP: NSA () was down 12.7% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −22.2% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 775.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −56.0% (Q1 2017) to 122.3% (Q1 2018), averaging 13.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EF9F.NACE-J`
- 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-information-and-communication-m-cp-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 775.0 £m | −12.7 |
| Q1 2026 | 755.0 £m | −22.2 |
| Q4 2025 | 751.0 £m | −42.4 |
| Q3 2025 | 921.0 £m | −1.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 888.0 £m | −1.8 |
| Q1 2025 | 971.0 £m | 40.5 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,303.0 £m | 93.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 934.0 £m | 54.9 |
| Q2 2024 | 904.0 £m | 39.7 |
| Q1 2024 | 691.0 £m | −18.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 674.0 £m | 6.1 |
| Q3 2023 | 603.0 £m | −26.8 |
| Q2 2023 | 647.0 £m | −10.0 |
| Q1 2023 | 849.0 £m | −19.7 |
| Q4 2022 | 635.0 £m | −43.7 |
| Q3 2022 | 824.0 £m | −7.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 719.0 £m | −27.9 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,057.0 £m | 41.7 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,127.0 £m | 69.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 888.0 £m | 50.5 |
| Q2 2021 | 997.0 £m | 74.6 |
| Q1 2021 | 746.0 £m | 23.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 664.0 £m | 47.6 |
| Q3 2020 | 590.0 £m | 19.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EF9F.NACE-J"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EF9F.NACE-J",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```