Net hourly rate for non qualified nanny, London

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Hello!

We need c 28 hours of childcare, spread over Mon to Thurs for 2 DD. we are talking to some great people who have responded to gumtree ad and i would like to get some views on net hourly rates for this amount of time.

Thank you!

I would try to agree a gross salary, not net, and would say £10-£12 gross per hour for m

That was meant to say.. for non-qualified. Although if very experienced, probably a bit more

Definitely agree gross for 28 hours. You're the one who will pay extra when thy turn around and say they have a Friday job so this will be a BR tax code and they won't be splitting it.

Past a certain point the qualified/unqualified thing becomes a bit of a red herring and it's down to experience (and other factors like are they a native English/French/Swahili speaker if that's important to you) but if you think of nannies in bands, with salaries ranging from £10-£15 gross, and discount people with no experience you're probably looking at £10gross for someone with some au pair/mother's help/limited nursery/possibly 1 year nannying. £11 gross for a couple of years nannying or a lot of nursery, £12 gross by the time they have 5 years, £13 at 8 and then qualifications really do become irrelevant unless they're degree qualified of have lots of extra certificates, £14 beyond 10 and £15 if they have tons of experience (like 25years) or stunning additional qualities. That's a really rough and ready idea and there will be variations according to which bit of London you're in and how scarce local nanny jobs are.

For qualified nannies add 2 years worth of experience to their professional experience and shift them up accordingly. For a particularly desirable characteristic/ability add about £1/hour on top of their experience.

Remember, though, it's a market. You might get candidates with salary expectations which are higher, or lower, depending on the quality of what you bring to the table compared to others in your area. If unqualified candidates with 2 years experience are asking for £13gross you're likely in an area with plenty of work and they feel that they can get that elsewhere.

A nanny's salary should be determined above all by what you can sustainably afford.

I agree, work out what you can afford to pay, then offer a bit below that.

Advertise the job with the Gross salary shown.

If you have an applicant already, then consider what experience they have. Someone new may well start on £7-8 and then get more as they become more experienced. Consider what you will count as experience, some evening babysitting is experience but not as good as doing some days during summer holidays.