# United Kingdom Total Sector: Purchased Software: MINING AND QUARRYING: £m: CP: NSA ()

United Kingdom Total Sector: Purchased Software: MINING AND QUARRYING: £m: CP: NSA () was up 40.0% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −37.5% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 7.00 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q1 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −71.4% (Q2 2016) to 400.0% (Q4 2018), averaging 18.0%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EF8N.NACE-B`
- 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-mining-and-quarrying-m-cp-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 7.00 £m | 40.0 |
| Q1 2026 | 5.00 £m | −37.5 |
| Q4 2025 | 6.00 £m | −57.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 5.00 £m | −37.5 |
| Q2 2025 | 5.00 £m | −37.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 8.00 £m | −38.5 |
| Q4 2024 | 14.00 £m | −44.0 |
| Q3 2024 | 8.00 £m | −50.0 |
| Q2 2024 | 8.00 £m | 0.0 |
| Q1 2024 | 13.00 £m | −7.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 25.00 £m | −3.8 |
| Q3 2023 | 16.00 £m | 14.3 |
| Q2 2023 | 8.00 £m | −27.3 |
| Q1 2023 | 14.00 £m | 55.6 |
| Q4 2022 | 26.00 £m | 100.0 |
| Q3 2022 | 14.00 £m | 27.3 |
| Q2 2022 | 11.00 £m | −15.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 9.00 £m | −10.0 |
| Q4 2021 | 13.00 £m | −13.3 |
| Q3 2021 | 11.00 £m | −15.4 |
| Q2 2021 | 13.00 £m | −13.3 |
| Q1 2021 | 10.00 £m | −16.7 |
| Q4 2020 | 15.00 £m | −21.1 |
| Q3 2020 | 13.00 £m | 30.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EF8N.NACE-B"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EF8N.NACE-B",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```