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This year's survey reflects new pressures on nannies and employers alike, as Stephen Vahrman explains This year our annual survey shows a far different picture than in the past few years. Unsurprisingly, given the current downturn in the economy, the fairly sharp rises in nannies' wages previously seen have given way to more modest increases which, on average, are keeping just ahead of inflation.

This year our annual survey shows a far different picture than in the past few years. Unsurprisingly, given the current downturn in the economy, the fairly sharp rises in nannies' wages previously seen have given way to more modest increases which, on average, are keeping just ahead of inflation.

Across the UK, live-in nannies' wages have increased by an average of 4 per cent this past year, while daily (live-out) nannies have seen an average 3.5 per cent increase in their wages. The vast majority, 90 per cent, of the 84 nanny agencies who took part in the survey felt that over the next 12 months nannies' pay would either remain the same or only rise in line with inflation.

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