I know its been done to death but nanny salary - how do I know what is market rate?

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am currently looking for early next year and have been given a range of between £9 -£11 per hour net for live out in SW London - the thing I'm strugglng with is how do I tell/know which end of scale a potential nanny would be. Don't mind paying market but need to understand bit about what you'd be looking for in terms of experience/qualification if you're more at £11 end of the scale than £9.

The main reason for my confusion is have seen 2 cvs that look damn near same in terms of experience/qualications but one asking £11 and one asking £9.50 per hour...

nanynick, I have just read on the other post that you charge £10ph and yet you think/feel! £9-10 net is abit high! Have you though about reducing your rate? I assume you are not in Central London.

i know i earn a higher rate for my area, but given that OP is in london, i do think 9/10 nett is normal - rather than 9/10gross

agree is is an employers market

mtorun - holly/ivy doesnt have pets - thats my job

In my last nanny job, I earned £7.32 per hour Gross, at a location probably less than 20 miles from OP. Do rates in Surrey really vary that much? Inside M25 I do expect rates are higher, but outside of Central London, I feel £9-11 gross is possible.
I don't live where OP does, thus I suggested they look at job listings to get a feel for local market rates.

Thank you for the clarification Blondeshavemorefun

Then I might get in touch with OP`er

think in your last job Nick,you were seriously underpaid!!

average wage here is £8nett - not sure what that is gross

you have a wealth of experience and quals - dont under estimate yourself x

So I assume you are making up those under value days nannynick.

And agree with Blond if you have the experience you shouldnt underestimate yourself but surely not over value either!

hi thanks for the all the posts really helpful. Saw someone ok today (and

and on the theme of random agencies (for you nannies out there) one has just sent me a completley random cv.. not really that much of a surprise given they've never returned my calls when I have tried to discuss any of the criteria with them .

Out of interest, how much was the candidate you saw today wanting in terms of salary?

I saw a 3-day job advertised, at £8 net per hour in Twickenham area... which I expect would be around £10.50-£10.60 Gross per hour, if on a standard single person's tax code.

£9 net per hour which works out at about £11.70 gross... its one of the question marks I've got about the job - it is what the agency claims but then its in their interests to push salary up as has already been mentioned.

Its difficult to know what to do - my inclination would be to say market rate , then find out what they're being paid now to set rate. I feel profoundly uncomfortable just being told that I can't expect to pay anything less than £9 an hour.

this nanny had a lot of experience but not very much (and none recently) with babies and has no formal qualifications as such (this is not a big deal for me but I can see how that could up peoples rates).

ok fair point nannynick - quick skim of nannyjob shows (where they're quoting the rates) £9 as top whack - most others are looking at £8 (admittedly one is lower but I'm assumign that is cos they're prepared to consider nanny with own child).

I'm in Bristol and rate is between £8 and £10 gross. I tend to agree with nannynick that £9-£11 net is excessive. ESP as it's one small baby so would be easy peasy!

I would say any nanny is worth what you think. You might see someone asking for £11 and someone asking for £9 and think the £9 option is 100% better!

Disregard salary, interview anyone that catches your eye, then take it from there. Ask their last boss what they were on and offer the potential nanny a wage that you feel is fair based on this.

Good luck with your search and I second looking for a nanny yourself rather than via an agency.