# United Kingdom Total Sector: Research and Development: PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES: £m: CP: NSA ()

United Kingdom Total Sector: Research and Development: PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES: £m: CP: NSA () was up 6.7% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 6.9% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 5,318.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.6% (Q1 2022) to 31.8% (Q1 2023), averaging 5.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EFW9.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-research-and-development-professional-scientific-and

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 5,318.0 £m | 6.7 |
| Q1 2026 | 5,233.0 £m | 6.9 |
| Q4 2025 | 5,235.0 £m | 2.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 5,267.0 £m | 4.2 |
| Q2 2025 | 4,983.0 £m | −1.6 |
| Q1 2025 | 4,894.0 £m | −2.1 |
| Q4 2024 | 5,092.0 £m | −0.4 |
| Q3 2024 | 5,057.0 £m | −5.0 |
| Q2 2024 | 5,065.0 £m | −1.3 |
| Q1 2024 | 4,999.0 £m | −2.5 |
| Q4 2023 | 5,113.0 £m | 4.1 |
| Q3 2023 | 5,324.0 £m | 18.1 |
| Q2 2023 | 5,132.0 £m | 30.3 |
| Q1 2023 | 5,128.0 £m | 31.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 4,911.0 £m | 18.3 |
| Q3 2022 | 4,508.0 £m | 10.1 |
| Q2 2022 | 3,938.0 £m | −1.5 |
| Q1 2022 | 3,890.0 £m | −7.6 |
| Q4 2021 | 4,150.0 £m | 2.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 4,093.0 £m | 0.3 |
| Q2 2021 | 3,997.0 £m | 5.9 |
| Q1 2021 | 4,208.0 £m | 6.4 |
| Q4 2020 | 4,032.0 £m | 3.8 |
| Q3 2020 | 4,082.0 £m | 0.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EFW9.NACE-M"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EFW9.NACE-M",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```