How much do you pay your nanny in London?

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Just trying to get a sense of decent salary for new nanny.

3 kids, (2 at school all day)
8am - 7pm (6pm on Fridays)
Sole charge - mum & dad working

Our nannies usually get quite a bit of time off as the kids visit my husbands family during school hols.

eg. Last nanny got her 28 days paid holiday plus an extra 13 paid days off. We were gutted when her visa ran out, we all LOVED her!

Nanny survey says around £34,500 - 35,000 per year.

Does that sounds about right to anyone?

Yes that sounds about right - I paid 32k a few years back.

I think the fact that DC are at school, whilst it makes the job a little more desirable, doesn't affect pay - the nanny still can't work elsewhere

Yes that sounds about right. For 11hr days x5 you are looking at approx £500-550 net a week.

Jesus... How do you afford to work and pay for a nanny ? (I'm very envious) maybe I need to retrain as a nanny lol

It's 54 hours a week. If you may £10 an hour net (average London nanny STARTER wage) that's £540 a week net so about £790 a week gross. £790 x 52 weeks (long holidays make no difference) = £41,000.

So I think your calculations are considerably under unless you don't intend to pay tax.

If you PAY (not 'may') sorry.

We have just swapped our nanny for an au pair as we can no longer afford London wages.

Artie sorry but you're wrong. The 10 per hour is a gross figure.

Your figures sound fine OP, hope you find someone nice!

£11.20 per hour outside London but within the M25, if that helps.

Help- £10 is def the net figure around here (£13 ish gross). £12 net for expereinced/ part time etc

For £35,000 gross you could get a good nanny, I know a few that would be interested in the job just from what you've written above.

I've had a lot of conversations lately about what the cost of a Nanny in London is - someone I know is offering £7 net and can't find anyone to take the job.
To try and get her to revise her ad and increase the wage we did a poll of all the nannies we know (a lot) and they all expect £10 net an hour (happy with a gross wage that works out roughly to this), some will apply to jobs at £9 net if there is some other incentive or if they like a family and want to work with them after meeting them - I have done this before and still see the kids in my own time now years later, they are a great family.

Of those of us with more than 6 years experience and qualifications we're all on £38,000 - £45,000 Gross. We get most of our jobs by word of mouth now, my 2 previous jobs have both come to me.
I have also turned down higher paying jobs for lower ones based on the families. A good family is worth it's weight in gold.

Happy - I no of no experienced nannies in my area who would take £10 gross. They ask for £10 in their pocket and hardly seem aware of how much that means their employers are actually paying after tax. Most good nannies expect a small rise each year so you have to factor in paying more each year if you want to retain your nanny.

Having said all that few people seem to pay their full tax bill, most under declare their nanny's hours.

No, help it's you that's wrong. £10ph net is the ball-park going rate in London (not for a starter though, that's with some experience and/or qualifications).

Sorry, just realised my message was for Help not Happy. I'm also covered in shame for confusing "no" and "know".

I'd tend to agree that £13gross is about right for a nanny with experience in London.

That average salary doesn't take hourly variations into account if its the Nannytax one so the average is very averaged IYSWIM.

I pay £10 hour gross for my live-out nanny in Hertfordshire. The agency suggested I offer 8 to 8.50 an hour net.

Goes to show why live in is so attractive for employers as it works out a lot cheaper.

OMG there's a whole world out there I never knew existed. How much must you be on to pay that! My house cost what you pay a nanny. I'm going away now because envy is a sin

I'm paying £11.50/hr gross (roughly equiv to £9/hr net) for experienced nanny 8-7, 4 days a week sole charge in London. But I think this is on the low side, £10/hr net seems more usual.

I should say that full time sole charge jobs seem to be hard to come by and highly sought after, so you might be able to pay a bit less than someone offering, say, only 3 days a week or short hours. Your kind of position sounds very attractive I think.