# United Kingdom Total Sector: Purchased Software: PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES: £m: CP: NSA ()

United Kingdom Total Sector: Purchased Software: PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES: £m: CP: NSA () was up 18.8% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −4.2% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 442.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −34.6% (Q2 2025) to 72.9% (Q1 2020), averaging 4.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EF9I.NACE-M`
- 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-professional-scientific-and-technical

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 442.0 £m | 18.8 |
| Q1 2026 | 384.0 £m | −4.2 |
| Q4 2025 | 460.0 £m | −24.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 453.0 £m | −22.6 |
| Q2 2025 | 372.0 £m | −34.6 |
| Q1 2025 | 401.0 £m | −32.5 |
| Q4 2024 | 609.0 £m | −27.8 |
| Q3 2024 | 585.0 £m | −23.2 |
| Q2 2024 | 569.0 £m | −33.5 |
| Q1 2024 | 594.0 £m | −11.2 |
| Q4 2023 | 843.0 £m | 6.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 762.0 £m | 13.2 |
| Q2 2023 | 856.0 £m | 57.6 |
| Q1 2023 | 669.0 £m | 21.0 |
| Q4 2022 | 793.0 £m | 43.1 |
| Q3 2022 | 673.0 £m | 47.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 543.0 £m | −6.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 553.0 £m | −6.0 |
| Q4 2021 | 554.0 £m | −18.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 455.0 £m | −30.2 |
| Q2 2021 | 580.0 £m | −10.5 |
| Q1 2021 | 588.0 £m | −18.4 |
| Q4 2020 | 676.0 £m | 6.0 |
| Q3 2020 | 652.0 £m | 28.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EF9I.NACE-M"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EF9I.NACE-M",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```