Minimum pay needed around London?

[Purplelemon7]

Hi

Just wondering about employing a nanny when my children are at school. I think we would be looking at 18-20 hours a week plus full time in holidays (12 weeks per annum). Could up it to 25 hours if they were willing to do chores/cleaning but I know many nannies wouldn’t like this. I know we can distribute the pay so that they receive the same amount each month. I just don’t know whether this would attract many candidates. I think the nanny would get about £1300-1500 a month (suburbs of London). They would obviously be free to work during the daytime as well but I don’t know how easy it is to find part time work for mornings/early afternoon. The alternative would be to have an au pair but I don’t know what it’s like post Brexit and I’m less keen after all the stories I’ve read about problems with au pairs (also would prefer someone a bit more mature). Would love some thoughts on this. Thanks

There's someone for every job so always worth advertising/asking around but I can't imagine this will be popular with many nannies. It's too few hours and it will be incredibly difficult to find another family who only want term time/school hours to fit with your needs.

You're probably looking for an older nanny, a student or a nanny with own child.

Thank you. Yes you’re right older nanny, student or NWOC would likely be the best bets for this sort off role. I’ve been looking at nannies in my area and can’t see many of these types of nannies. It’s mostly career nannies looking for full time work.

I don't think it's going to be enough including school holidays.

Nannies generally think in terms of pay per hour, and in London at the moment that would be £2-14 per hour net (ie after tax and ni etc). You need to work out actual hours and then what that means in £ net terms, and work backwards using a net to gross calculator like this one, you'd likely need to pay pension too www.nannytax.co.uk/gross-to-net-salary-calculator

Because it's a net rate that most nannies are interested, it's also worth thinking about your potential nanny's other job - if they earn above the tax free threshold in another job then that makes it more expensive for you to employ them (£12 bet per hour becomes over £15 etc).

One option might be a regular after school nanny and then offer them more hours as optional during holidays (to be negotiated well in advance of each one of course) and potentially relying on school clubs or even other nannies some of the time, otherwise you also run the risk of someone taking the averaged amount each month and quitting before the holidays.

My experience is that great full time or 3-5 day a week nannies are easier to find and stay a long time if they're happy, after school nannies or holiday nannies tend to be looking for extra money around their main interest or job and while they are often lovely, you need to be prepared for them to be less reliable as candidates and often less long term - that's why good pay and conditions are really important!

£12-14 per hour net, not £2-14!!