AIBU to charge £10 an hour?

[BabyGwyneth]

I'm going to post in the nannying/au pair section as well... but I was hoping to get a bit of a wide spread of opinion.

I'm nannying 7 - 7, sole charge of one seven year old in central London. I have professional nannying experience but no degree/qualifications in childcare. I graduated last summer, and am enjoying childcare as a means to earn some money before starting a masters.

I've been asked how much I charge, and I was thinking that £10 an hour seemed reasonable, but then for a 12 hour day my day rate would be £120 which seems like a lot... Opinions gratefully received.

I really cant sy wheather you are been unreasonable beuse I dont know what the rates in Londonare. We live in Yorkshre and our nanny has two degrees and 25 years experience. We pay a bit more than what you are thinking of charging.

You don't really charge anything if you're an employee. You can state your salary expectations - £10 an hour seems reasonable to me but the employers might offer less.

What is the going rate in your area?

Hollies is right you will end up negotiating but if I am honest I paid our nanny what she asked for based on her qualifications and experience. As far as we are concerned she is worth every penny and more. She is amazing with DD.

Excuse typos. Grrrrr Predictive text..

Sorry, should have been clearer- they've asked me what my hourly rate is.

10 net per hour in central london is standard for an experienced nanny - with or without childcare qualifications, I think.

But... it's one 7 year old. So presumably at school much of the day. So does that mean you would get a lot of time off? If so then it might be expected that you'd charge a bit less, or not charge for the full 12 hours, or something. Or that you'd do lots of housework during the downtime.

(By the way it's better to ask for a gross hourly rate - use a tax calculator online to work out the gross, I think it's 12 something).

Sorry, I failed at including the requisite information! The job is just during the holidays, so I'll have sole charge all day.

Ah fine. 10 hour totally standard then. (In fact some people would pay more for the benefit of only having to employ someone during the holidays and not all year).

But do work out the gross rate using a tax calculator - mr anchovy for example - and ask for that instead. (you can always explain it works out to 10 net)

I don't know London rates but I charge (for ad-hoc, so my self employed work) £10 or £11ph depending on where it is, how far I need to commute, if I already know the family, etc, I'm based in E.Sussex.

You need to have a look around your local area though and find out what other jobs offer.

I think a cleaner in London is around £13 an hour and you are charging £10 for a more responsible role.

Sun not sure where you are. Cleaners are 10/hr near me. But that's gross not net. Nannies get 10 net so considerably more gross. As you'd expect.