Babysitting-Average Hourly Rate?

[SugaryTits]

I am in the process of registering with a couple of babysitting agencies and they require me to put in my hourly rate- I have no idea what this should be! I am in the greater london/surrey area... any ideas what the going rate is? TIA

Anyone! Please!

I charge £7-50 per hour personally... it varies usually, starting from £8 but i know lots go up to £10 an hour tho.
Where are you based? im in SW11 and work as a nanny in Sw19 and am looking for babysitting work!

I pay 8 pounds an hour in London

Thank you!

I am near Kingston... I am looking for babysitting work myself, not looking for a babysitter MissGT! The chance would be a fine thing!

Oh dear - nevermind, good luck with that!

Thank you MissGT, you too....if I hear of anything in your area I will give you a shout on here!

I remember the days when £10 for the whole evening was adequate for a babysitter!!! lol

i remember when i was 14 in New Zealand and i got $20 for 48 hours... about £5! and that was only a few years ago! okay, 13!

PS Cheers SugaryTits!

I live near Kingston and am reg with a couple of agencies for baby sitting work and the norm seems to be £8 a hour

£10 per hour and min of 4 hrs even if they come back/use me for 2 they still pay £40

and yes i get tons of work as well

but i have 17years sc qualified experience

there is a babysitting thread on here somewhere with lots of peoples fees listed.

Maybe have a look through that.

I have 16 years experience and I too charge £10 per hour (min of 3 hours).

Why would I pay £10/hour when I can call sitters.co.uk for £5.35 per hour plus £4 booking fee. I am, incidentally, very close to Kingston. I'd say £7 or £8 with a 4 hour minimum would be okay. But, still, I could get someone for less.

I have paid more when in a pinch. But, wouldn't do it as a matter of routine.

I used sitters this weekend when my usual £10 an hour babysitter let me down at 1pm on the day. They sent a fab babysitter over for £5.85 an hour.

Absolutely brilliant - last time I pay £10 an hour!

i used to use sitters a few yrs ago ,and they were fab!
my youngest son would be in bed, and my eldest thought it great having someone new to look after him / play games with him before bed!

not so great to work FOR though i guess,as rates are low!

I charge £6 - 7 an hour for babysitting,though am in south wales

I have decided to charge 5.50 an hour for the time being and see how it goes! Thanks everyone.

That is very resonable.

Thanks Athene, let me know if you ever need a sitter!

"Why would I pay £10/hour when I can call sitters.co.uk for £5.35 per hour plus £4 booking fee. I am, incidentally, very close to Kingston. I'd say £7 or £8 with a 4 hour minimum would be okay. But, still, I could get someone for less"

true athene - but as there are many parents in my area who are happy and can afford to and do pay £10, why would i babysit for £5.35 - ie earning £21.40 instead of £40 - basically half of what i would normally earn?

I charge £10 an hr in east midlands and am a qualified childrens nurse with lots of experience. My babysitting work tends to be with young babies and parents seem to like the sercurity of my experience and quals. Although I do sit for older children also.

it's about £5 an hour in plymouth. i remember babysitting for £10 a night and a packet of biscuits!!!

ditto lindsey - i often have very young babies, some from 6 weeks old and parents are wanting someone with years of exp - though averagly children are between one and eight

i see both points of view, parents obv want to pay less, so that they can afford to go out,but i dont know many nannies who use sitters as such terrible rates of pay - its basically min wage for unsociable/late hours

I suppose when i was 15-16 i would babysit for £10 for the whole night, but i had my mum a few doors away who i could call on if needed and parents were happy to use friends daughters/sons to babysit kids. It seems nowadays people want qualified/experienced sitters which obviously come at a price - but at the rates about it would have to be a special night to warrent the spend. My current babysitter charges £5 per hour per child, but she brings her own son with her and often does college work too, and i usually give her money for a pizza or something too - so a dear doo all round and a i think a good deal for her as both my children in bed and she'd be looking after her own child anyway! She's lovely though and i trust her so thats what counts.

I too have a lot of very small babies, some have been as young as 5 days old.

You can't leave tiny babies with just anyone!

Because I work as a maternity nanny and ad hoc nanny, those are the families that then tend to use my babysitting service.

i dont know of anyone charging per hour per CHILD!

thats mad

AND you feed her / allow her to bring her own child

shes not daft is she ? lol

No, but she's good and reliable, I just have to watch how long im out - maybe im too soft!!!