# United Kingdom Workforce Jobs SA : I Accommodation & food service activities (thousands) ()

United Kingdom Workforce Jobs SA : I Accommodation & food service activities (thousands) () was down 0.5% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 1.0% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 2,616.0 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −12.6% (Q4 2020) to 14.5% (Q1 2022), averaging 1.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.Q.SA.ITEM-JWS5.MEASURE-LEVEL`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1978-04-01 to 2026-04-01 (193 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/workforce-jobs-sa-i-accommodation-and-food-service-activities-thousands

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 2,616.0 thousands | −0.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 2,618.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q4 2025 | 2,625.0 thousands | 0.3 |
| Q3 2025 | 2,615.0 thousands | −0.5 |
| Q2 2025 | 2,629.0 thousands | 0.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 2,591.0 thousands | −1.6 |
| Q4 2024 | 2,618.0 thousands | −0.5 |
| Q3 2024 | 2,628.0 thousands | −1.6 |
| Q2 2024 | 2,616.0 thousands | −2.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 2,634.0 thousands | −2.2 |
| Q4 2023 | 2,632.0 thousands | −3.2 |
| Q3 2023 | 2,670.0 thousands | 0.1 |
| Q2 2023 | 2,695.0 thousands | 4.2 |
| Q1 2023 | 2,694.0 thousands | 5.2 |
| Q4 2022 | 2,718.0 thousands | 8.7 |
| Q3 2022 | 2,667.0 thousands | 8.3 |
| Q2 2022 | 2,587.0 thousands | 9.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 2,560.0 thousands | 14.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 2,501.0 thousands | 13.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 2,463.0 thousands | 7.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 2,364.0 thousands | 1.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 2,236.0 thousands | −11.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 2,199.0 thousands | −12.6 |
| Q3 2020 | 2,286.0 thousands | −8.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.SA.ITEM-JWS5.MEASURE-LEVEL"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.Q.SA.ITEM-JWS5.MEASURE-LEVEL",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```