# United Kingdom Total Sector: Purchased Software: Total Industry: £m: CP: NSA ()

United Kingdom Total Sector: Purchased Software: Total Industry: £m: CP: NSA () was up 6.8% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −0.4% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 3,909.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q1 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −16.2% (Q1 2019) to 45.6% (Q1 2018), averaging 5.4%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EF8L.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-total-industry-m-cp-nsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 3,909.0 £m | 6.8 |
| Q1 2026 | 4,598.0 £m | −0.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 4,293.0 £m | −10.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 4,109.0 £m | 6.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 3,660.0 £m | −2.3 |
| Q1 2025 | 4,616.0 £m | 14.9 |
| Q4 2024 | 4,797.0 £m | 18.7 |
| Q3 2024 | 3,867.0 £m | 0.9 |
| Q2 2024 | 3,747.0 £m | −6.3 |
| Q1 2024 | 4,019.0 £m | −9.3 |
| Q4 2023 | 4,042.0 £m | −2.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 3,834.0 £m | −6.4 |
| Q2 2023 | 3,997.0 £m | 2.6 |
| Q1 2023 | 4,430.0 £m | −6.7 |
| Q4 2022 | 4,136.0 £m | −12.3 |
| Q3 2022 | 4,097.0 £m | 3.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 3,895.0 £m | −3.9 |
| Q1 2022 | 4,750.0 £m | 20.0 |
| Q4 2021 | 4,715.0 £m | 17.3 |
| Q3 2021 | 3,961.0 £m | 11.1 |
| Q2 2021 | 4,051.0 £m | 16.1 |
| Q1 2021 | 3,959.0 £m | −2.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 4,018.0 £m | −5.7 |
| Q3 2020 | 3,566.0 £m | −2.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EF8L.NACE-M"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EF8L.NACE-M",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```