According to the latest Nannytax Salary Index, a nanny working in London now earns an average gross annual salary of £39,806 or £15.31 per hour – an 8 per cent increase on last year. Within the rest of the UK, nannies earn an average of £32,552.
Nannytax says that a shortage of childcare providers due to Brexit is driving up wages.
The figures, which are published annually, are based on almost 80,000 of Nannytax’s internal payroll records for the tax year 2021/22 and calculated for live-out nannies working 50 hours per week.
Regionally, nannies in the South-East of England (£14.59 per hour) and Yorkshire & the Humber (£13.85 per hour) are receiving the highest pay outside of London. Nannies in Northern Ireland and the North-East of England receive the lowest pay at £11 per hour.
The data also reveals that 61 per cent of nannies are now working part-time – defined as fewer than 39 hours per week – up from 53 per cent in the previous tax year.
Nanny agency - 'We are the busiest we have ever been'
Kirsty Wild, a nanny employment expert at Nannytax, said, ‘Since the pandemic, demand for nannies has remained very high, with Brexit rules putting the stoppers on EU nannies and au pairs working in the UK, and an increase in families – supported by changes in the workplace – uprooting to rural areas that aren’t always well-served by nurseries. For some of these families, hiring a nanny is the only viable childcare option.’
Frankie Grey, founder of UK nanny agency Harmony at Home, commented, ‘With the quantity of jobs far exceeding the number of applicants, we are the busiest that we have ever been.’
According to the index, nanny shares, where two or more families use the same nanny, are also increasingly popular.
