What is the going rate for babysitting?

[mewtwo]

My daughter is to begin babysitting for a neighbour but none of us has any idea what the going rate is, can anyone help?
Are there different rates for daytime and evening time?

[maviscoull]

14 year old daughter gets �20 for 7.00 -11.30pm

[dave2222]

we give 20 quid for 7 till 2ish

[whyme]

crikey, i was payin a babysitter �5. an hour and that was 9 years ago!! dont time fly by!!

[ellen_16]

i babysit i get �5 an hour - after midnight its �6! wouldnt get out of bed for �20 tbh.

[yummymummy]

I can luckily rely on friends/family for free but wouldn't want to pay more than �20 for an evening, especially as most of the time it just involves sitting watching my TV and eating my food until we come home!

Perhaps I'm just stingy!

[FQuine]

£20 for giving up your whole evening and having the important responsibility for looking after a little one is outrageous! When i used to babysit I would NOT eat the parents' food unless specifically told I could and I would make sure I looked in on the little ones regularly in case they woke up which they sometimes did. Would you be happy to be paid £20 from 7pm until 2am? Most of that money would go on the taxi to get home safely at that hour in the morning!

[FQuine]

I forgot to say what rate I would recommend apologies! I would say it depends on where you based e.g. London is obviously more than some other areas but I would say about £6 per hour outside London and up to £8 per hour in London especially if the babysitter is very experienced and has first aid training etc. Also, I believe that after 11pm, the rate is meant to go up and the parents should pay for a taxi to take the babysitter home. Good luck to your daughter, she might like to take a children's first aid course with St John's Ambulance, they are quite reasonable prices and very useful when working with children.