The report, published on Tuesday and sponsored by Imagine Co-operative Childcare, is based on figures from Children's Information Services in England, Wales and Scotland.
The yearly cost of a nursery place for a child under two is now £8,368 in England, £7,384 in Wales and £7,332 in Scotland.
Families in Wales experienced the highest rise in childcare fees, but in Scotland costs have fallen slightly since last year, by 3 per cent.
In England, costs for a child under two have gone up to an average of £159 a week and for a child aged two and over to £149 a week - an increase of nearly 5 per cent in a year.
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