# United Kingdom Total Sector: Total Software: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE; COMPULSORY SOCIAL SECURITY: £m: CP: NSA ()

United Kingdom Total Sector: Total Software: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE; COMPULSORY SOCIAL SECURITY: £m: CP: NSA () was down 47.9% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 51.5% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 555.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2013.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −47.9% (Q2 2026) to 238.5% (Q4 2025), averaging 30.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EF8G.NACE-O`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (118 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/total-sector-total-software-public-administration-and-defence

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 555.0 £m | −47.9 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,321.0 £m | 51.5 |
| Q4 2025 | 2,112.0 £m | 238.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 639.0 £m | −8.2 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,066.0 £m | 145.1 |
| Q1 2025 | 872.0 £m | 25.1 |
| Q4 2024 | 624.0 £m | 12.4 |
| Q3 2024 | 696.0 £m | 34.1 |
| Q2 2024 | 435.0 £m | 34.3 |
| Q1 2024 | 697.0 £m | −20.5 |
| Q4 2023 | 555.0 £m | −0.7 |
| Q3 2023 | 519.0 £m | 41.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 324.0 £m | 18.7 |
| Q1 2023 | 877.0 £m | 53.3 |
| Q4 2022 | 559.0 £m | 84.5 |
| Q3 2022 | 368.0 £m | 25.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 273.0 £m | 12.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 572.0 £m | 37.2 |
| Q4 2021 | 303.0 £m | 4.5 |
| Q3 2021 | 294.0 £m | −3.0 |
| Q2 2021 | 243.0 £m | 1.7 |
| Q1 2021 | 417.0 £m | 3.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 290.0 £m | 79.0 |
| Q3 2020 | 303.0 £m | 30.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EF8G.NACE-O"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.BIZINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-EF8G.NACE-O",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```