# United Kingdom Total Sector: Research and Development: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION: £m: CP: NSA ()

United Kingdom Total Sector: Research and Development: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION: £m: CP: NSA () was up 2.5% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 2.5% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 1,382.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −11.6% (Q4 2023) to 81.1% (Q3 2016), averaging 10.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EFW6.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-research-and-development-information-and-communication-m

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 1,382.0 £m | 2.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,370.0 £m | 2.5 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,347.0 £m | 7.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,350.0 £m | 7.7 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,348.0 £m | 8.1 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,337.0 £m | 8.2 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,258.0 £m | 12.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,253.0 £m | 12.0 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,247.0 £m | 10.8 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,236.0 £m | 9.3 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,117.0 £m | −11.6 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,119.0 £m | −11.5 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,125.0 £m | −9.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,131.0 £m | −8.6 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,263.0 £m | 9.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,265.0 £m | 10.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,248.0 £m | 9.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,237.0 £m | 9.0 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,157.0 £m | 6.6 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,146.0 £m | 4.8 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,142.0 £m | 4.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,135.0 £m | 3.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,085.0 £m | 1.2 |
| Q3 2020 | 1,093.0 £m | 1.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EFW6.NACE-J"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EFW6.NACE-J",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```