The 2015 Annual Wages Survey Report

To give a full picture of the results of the 2015 Annual Wages Survey, the results including analysis of the facts and figures is available here in our 2015 Annual Wages Survey Report

Live in and Live out

Hiring a live in nanny is still cheaper than a live out in all areas across the UK. There has been an interesting change in Central London where there has been a substantial rise in the live out salary for a nanny, from £32k annually to £35k. However it is now more expensive to hire a live-in nanny in Greater London (£24.5k) or in the Home Counties (£23k) than it is to hire one in Central London (£21.5k). Popularity of live in nannies continues to be low, this year 90% of employers asked have a live out nanny and nanny agencies say the demand is low.

Auto Enrolment Awareness

Auto enrolment is a new workplace pension regulation which will affect every nanny employer. In June 2015 the first nanny employers began contributing to a pension this will continue until 2017 when all new employers must have a pension scheme in place for their nanny. Thankfully there has be a huge increase of awareness and understanding regarding the new legislation across employers, nannies and nanny agencies.

In our 2014 survey only 16% of clients knew when the pension needed to be in place compared to 69% this year. Similarly 75% of nannies asked in 2014 didn’t realise that auto enrolment would apply to them whereas nearly 70% of nannies this year were aware that nannies could qualify. Nearly all (97%) of the agencies asked this year are aware of auto enrolment. Nannytax will continue to communicate any information about auto enrolment pensions that will affect the nanny industry.

Average Weekly Net & Annual Gross Wages by Area

Live-In Nannies

Live-Out Nannies