Cost of nanny

[pleasethanks]

Hi there

I wondered if people could give me an idea of how much a nanny costs and whether it is possible to get a 'part time' nanny (live out). We are in Scotland and would be looking at 3 full days.

thanks

definitley possible to get a part time nanny,
you might find she will work for another family the days she doesnt work for you.

Think about £10 gross and hour, so 3 10 hours days would be £300 gross and week + a bit of employERS NI.

The theres the expenses such as toddler groups / swimming / outings, that nanny might do,
40p per mile if nanny uses her own car to get to activites.

Other things worth thinking about.... the cost of heating your house all day as they are in, and its normal for nanny to eat with your children.
Think sandwich / soup / jacket potatoe / cheese toasty, (normally same as children) as opposed to smoked salmon and oysters.

If an early start / late finish then normal to offer breakfast with children, and a portion of what they are having for their dinner.... (which nanny should be cooking if thats what you want)

I am in Scotland, I have a nanny who works 26 hours a week for me over 3 days. I pay £9 ph gross, which works out at about £250 per week once you add in employer's national insurance.

I use this company www.payefornannies.co.uk/ to run payroll which costs £115 per year.

I claim tax credits which pay a lot of the cost of her salary, I used this agency www.nanny-agency.net/Childcare-Vouchers.html to register my nanny for this purpose. If you intend to use childcare vouchers or tax credits you need to do this, cost £185 (they were the most reasonably priced agency when I was looking about 6m ago, although prices seem to have gone up since then).

Forgot to make my links clicky

www.payefornannies.co.uk/

www.nanny-agency.net/Childcare-Vouchers.html

Not sure where nanny jobs in Scotland get advertised. NannyJob does not have many part-time, live-out jobs listed.

I would expect salaries to be in the £7 to £10 per hour gross range for a qualified experienced nanny.

Hi Pleasethanks, definitely possible. I live in Scotland and have a pt nanny who works 3 full days and 1 half day per week. We pay £9.50 per hour before tax, you'll also need to add in NI contributions, food costs, cost of using payroll agency to do calculations (approx £100 per year). We also paid to insure her to drive our car. I think a lot of jobs go by word of mouth in Scotland, that's how we found our - fab - nanny. But there is a West of Scotland nanny agency, might be worth considering if you are near Glasgow.

We pay our nanny £9.50 and we're also in scotland. I run her payroll myself using free software from hmrc - my experience with payroll companies is that you end up doing 90% of the work anyways and they just run a calculation. We pay the 40p a mile which adds up too as the school is 6 miles away but that was a hidden cost when I wasn't working so I try not to think about it.

Hi there,

Actaully as a person looking for work as a nanny myself, I fund I had no idea where to really start when suggesting how much to charge Mums and Dads for my services. Being a person who actually understands what it feels like to pay a lot for a service you sometimes do not want to pay a lot for...or can't really afford to pay for, but really need the help. I'm glad I've seen what people are actually prepared to pay.