How much do you pay your Nanny?

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Sorry to be blunt and a bit un British about this. I wanted to get a cross section of info to compare as I have tried ringing around Nanny agencies and am getting conflicting advice. So for example-Nanny for one child, no additional domestic duties ( except walking Dog) 35 hours a week in an affluent Kent commuter belt area. Ideally someone mature with a range of experience. What would you expect to pay ? Thanks in advance.

Nannies are not paid per child but per family. Having one child is not relevant, it may make your job more or less attractive.
One child less work versus one child you make have a second soon and have mat leave/not need the nanny.
Always talk in Gross salary eg before tax and NI deducted. You will be responsible for paying this tax and NI. Employers Ni and pension payments on top of this.
Gross wage £11 to £15 per hour.
Less hours eg after school jobs tend to pay higher rate.
Also consider expenses eg mileage 45p per mile if nanny uses her own car. Cost of heating house in the day.

So for example-Nanny for one child, no additional domestic duties (except walking Dog) 35 hours a week.

I have a job local to me which is 11 hours in one day, with one child plus a dog. So not completely comparable but similar. That pays £150 gross per day, so £13.63ish gross per hour. So if you multiplied that out for your 35 hours, then you are looking at £477.28 gross per week.

35 hours is quite a short week for a nanny, 50-60 hours per week is typical for full-time. So for a part-time nanny job in Kent I would expect it to be very similar to where I am in West Surrey/Berkshire border... so £12-£14 gross per hour I don't feel would be unusual for an experienced nanny in your area.

Sometimes looking at other jobs in the area can give a clue, though alas not all jobs show pay rates.
www.nannyjob.co.uk/childcare/Nanny/South_East_(Excluding_London)/Kent/AnyTime/AnyTerm/AnyResident/AnyEmployer/AnyLanguage?results=15#SearchTabs

I'd say no less than £13 gross ph.

Number of children doesn’t matter that much to be honest.
I’m a nanny with 15 years experience, living in the type of area you describe I would accept less that £13 gross per hour for those hours but I am looking for a job I can take my child to.
If I wasn’t looking at taking him I would be looking for between £15-17 gross which is what I was on before and I certainly wouldn’t be looking at less cause as someone mentioned above that is not a lot of hours for a nanny.

Kent like Sevenoaks or Bromley?

Age and exp of nanny makes a diff

Experienced of many years £13 gross. Maybe £14

Younger maybe £11 gross

We are Bromley, and we pay just under £15/hour, and our child has classic autism. I mention this he is more demanding and higher need than a neurotypical child of his age, and that demands a premium.

I know that £15/hour for our area for a nanny of a child with SN is market rate, as that is what the specialist agency that we recruited our nanny through requires her to be paid.

It is a 42 hour week spread over 4 days. Is your 35 hour week spread over 5 days? And is it split shifts (something that would make the job less attractive, so you may need to pay more to sweeten it)?

It does vary a lot, my DD's friend is being paid £9 an hour but it's live in, she thinks it's amazing to be in London, a friend my age is a nanny and she's paid £20 an hour but she teaches piano and French, and does extended overnight cover as the mother travels a lot (no dad, sperm donor apparently)

Live out professional nanny £10-12 net per hour.
Tax and NI is calculated over and above that and is payable by the family.

£11/ hour net. She works 45hrs per week, no childcare qualifications but very experienced and a grandma. No other duties. We also pay extra for babysitting.

qualified or not?

£14 ph gross in SW Surrey. She had TA experience but no outright childcare experience which might normally mean less but we only need very part time after school (12 hours a week) so high pay necessary to attract someone!

The agencies I spoke to in Kent said salary would be between £12-14 per hour and it did seem most would expect this, and I found little variation based on experience which I was surprised at. For example several young girls with no experience were expecting the same salary as a much more experienced nanny. I found it difficult to differentiate based on the salary the nanny was asking for.

We pay £13ph gross plus 10% annual bonus. We also provide bupa health insurance and use of a car during working hours. She works a 48 hour week.

We also use an occasional back up nanny who is self employed and works for a number of different families. She is £15 per hour during the day and £20 during unsociable hours. She's expensive in my view, but she deals with her own tax and is good for us to have if we need to cover sickness for our nanny or holiday which doesn't match with ours.