UK SPPI: other professional and technical services
UK SPPI: other professional and technical services stood at 115.1 in Q2 2026, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS). It is one of the indicators in the Services producer prices table (Value · Quarterly), with a complete series running from Q4 2008 to Q2 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Services producer prices table
| Indicator | Q2-2026 | Q1-2026 | Q4-2025 | Q3-2025 | Q2-2025 | Q1-2025 | Q4-2024 | Q3-2024 | Q2-2024 | Q1-2024 | |
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| Services price index by industry | |||||||||||
| M74 Other professional and technical services | 115.1 | 115.2 | 113.9 | 112.9 | 112.9 | 112.9 | 112.9 | 112.9 | 112.9 | 111.4 | |
| N Administrative and support services | 129.8 | 127.3 | 126.7 | 126.2 | 126.2 | 122.2 | 121.3 | 120.1 | 120.7 | 117.2 |
Understanding UK SPPI: other professional and technical services
Transaction values for specialist technical consultancy, scientific testing, professional translation, and design activities across the United Kingdom are captured in this quarterly index. Its scope extends across independent laboratory analysis, product certification, quantity surveying, interior design, photographic services, and environmental consulting. It deliberately omits corporate legal representation, accounting audits, and general management advice, which occupy distinct divisions within professional services. The index monitors commercial business-to-business agreements, tracking price changes for repeated, well-defined technical specifications rather than bespoke one-off scientific investigations.
Because specialist testing and surveying often align with corporate project milestones and capital expenditure phases, unadjusted quarterly series can display irregular movements. Evaluating changes across a four-quarter span provides a more grounded reading of price trends than quarter-on-quarter rates, avoiding distortion from seasonal business lulls. Early releases of quarterly figures are provisional and subject to updating as late survey questionnaires and retrospective billing corrections are incorporated. Periodic updates to product weights adjust the series for emerging analytical disciplines and changing regulatory testing demands across the domestic market.
Frequently asked questions
- What distinguishes this row from general engineering consultancy?
- This category covers specialised non-engineering technical work like product testing, translation, and industrial design.
- Are statutory clinical trials and medical laboratory tests included?
- It focuses on commercial, industrial, and technical testing services provided directly to business clients.
- Can short-term quarterly spikes indicate broad inflationary pressure?
- Discrete contract completions can cause quarterly blips, making annual comparisons the sounder analytical baseline.