Going rates for live out nanny in home counties

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What should we expect to pay for a good live out nanny on Essex/Herts border? DD will be 2.5 and in nursery 2 mornings a week and ds will be 10mo.
5 days a week prob and 8-6pm.

Depens on his/her experience. Somewhere round £6 - £12 per hour gross I suppose. I'm not really up on the live-out rates so I could be wrong here. But, I think it's in the right ball park.

Agencies will inflate the rates for sure -- their commission depends on it.

I'm in Hertfordshire and pay just over £11 an hour gross. 5 days a week - same hours as you and sole care for my DD who is just over 2.

minimum £300 npw... even £350npw would not be unreasonable IMO, and i expect some nannies may get more still...

BUT dont forget, in my opinion and most of my nanny friends a 5 day 8 - 6 job is what most of us want so i imagine lots of nannies would want your job IYSWIM?

NannL, what is that in gross?

I've just used on online calculator, but I think the £300 net for 50 hours, equates to £6 net per hour, and that equates to about £8 gross per hour. And £8 seems a bit high for the lower limit of the range. I would think somone who whose first sole charge nanny position this is would be more like £, maybe £7. But I would expect a bit more experience if I was going to pay £8 and hour.

Rates vary with experience and market demands. In an area where there are more nannies than there are jobs, parents can offer lower wages and still get candidates. Whereas in areas where there are few nannies and lots of families wanting a nanny, higher wages may be needed to secure the right nanny. Other factors may also affect salary, for example I accepted a lower paid local position close to my home, rather than a higher paid position which would have been a 40 minute commute.

Generally, I feel it ranges from National Minimum Wage (currently £5.52 for those aged 22+) to £12 per hour. All figures are of course GROSS, so as employer you need to add on Employers NI to get your total outlay for wages and NI.

£8 gross is well cheap. in SW london you're looking at £10 gross as a minimum for someone who is either qualified with a bit of experience or unqualified with a lot of experience. You could get cheaper but you'd not get much in the way of experience.

I see you say a "good" nanny. If that means both qualified and experienced I'm fairly sure you'd be looking at nearer £12 - though the hours are attractive so that might bring the rate down a bit (as someone has already said)

Where do you advertise for jobs? I'm looking for a PT nanny in SW London. Thanks.

Cristina - Job ads can be placed on Mumsnet - Nanny Shares board, which doubles-up as the Classified Childcare board.

For London area specifically - Gumtree lists nanny jobs, as does NannyJob plus there is Childcare Listings magazine called Simply Childcare.

Thanks, NN. I've placed an ad on MN.

We are in Kent and pay 6.75 net per hour - on the low scale relative to London wages, but about average for this area, so I guess is comparabel to Essex/Herts borders.