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I know its been done to death but nanny salary - how do I know what is market rate?

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hollyivypoppy34 · 03/12/2008 18:27

am currently looking for early next year and have been given a range of between £9 -£11 per hour net for live out in SW London - the thing I'm strugglng with is how do I tell/know which end of scale a potential nanny would be. Don't mind paying market but need to understand bit about what you'd be looking for in terms of experience/qualification if you're more at £11 end of the scale than £9.

The main reason for my confusion is have seen 2 cvs that look damn near same in terms of experience/qualications but one asking £11 and one asking £9.50 per hour...

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Blondeshavemorefun · 03/12/2008 21:44

might be worth advertising now if not then yes 2nd jan start advertising/looking

i have 2mths notice in my contract, and if you need someone to start in march .......

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hollyivypoppy34 · 03/12/2008 21:37

good plan -blondes - as I am not in market til someone until march prob should put ad on in jan..

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Blondeshavemorefun · 03/12/2008 21:35

i would seriously look at the sites i gave you

i know this is pot, kettle, black - but all of my jobs have been through agencies APART from my curernt one, and this was through gumtree, we both placed ads, and replied to each others

mb saw lots of people through her ad, but only liked me, she did say that if she hadnt met me through the ad, she would have gone through local agenciesand then found me

i tell her to be grateful i saved her £1500+

guess nannies like going through agncies as if something goes wrong, they are meant to back you up - though friends have found out this is total crap!!

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hollyivypoppy34 · 03/12/2008 21:31

yes this one is sinmilar rates blondes.. its not exactly rolls royce service hence I'm wondering what I am really getting here.

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Blondeshavemorefun · 03/12/2008 21:28

average agencies my area charge 3/3.5 nett salary - so if paying £100 a day as i charge then thats £1500+

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hollyivypoppy34 · 03/12/2008 21:16

thinking about it -agency may be desperate to place anyone to get their fee... so may be getting a particularly any old dog service

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hollyivypoppy34 · 03/12/2008 21:15

my dd is 5 months - need to be sole charge experienced and ofsted registered - I'm in twickenham.

and agree re the agency - it was really fundamental things (like it was perfectly obvious someone who needed work asap wouldnt want to start in a couple of months). I guess i would be wary re looking for work via an agency so can see how you'd prefer not to get tehm involved if you were a nanny on the look out.

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Blondeshavemorefun · 03/12/2008 21:12

ROFL @ know what i am talking about - though tis true

agencys can be crap, though some are fab - seems that yours needs to do some basic groundwork before sending out cv's

have you tried advertising on www.nannyjob.co.uk or www.gumtree.com or www.netmums.co.uk yourself?

what age chldren do you have - and what exp/quals do you want from a nanny

i know of a nanny who is looking in london, though not sure where she is compared to you

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hollyivypoppy34 · 03/12/2008 20:44

nbee that makes good sense - tbh I think she may be lucky to get that rate (she is leaving present employment due to fact one of parents lost her job)... but as it is she called agency to seay she is not keen pursuing it as wants job asap. I'm a bit pissed off with the agency tbh given 2 out of 3 cvs they sent to me have been subsequnetly withdrawn for reasons that I think they should have flushed out before sending them to me (like the timing issue here).

lol at blondes (was hoping you'd answer as you seem to know what you're talking about) - I've not got a problem paying that rate for rigth candidate deserves it.. Just I feel a bit of a novice in this area.

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Blondeshavemorefun · 03/12/2008 20:40

interview them both and see what your gut says

i ask and get the top rate for my area, yet some of my friends with same quals and exp get less - but would like more

i am a fab nanny (modest) and though i am exp, i am worth it

nbee84 · 03/12/2008 19:17

Going by your example above I would say that one Nanny is quite happy to be earning £9.50 an hour - it may be the same/more than she is earning in her current job and she doesn't want to out price herself.

The other may have been earning the higher rate (or near to it) and feels that this is her worth.

That's not to say that the other nanny is not worth that, some nannies feel that they have to be earning the top end salaries with their qualifications/experience and others just think what figure that they would be happy with earning.

Hope that makes sense and is not total gobbledegook