Nanny-housekeeper cost in London · 2026
What does a nanny-housekeeper cost in London?
A nanny-housekeeper is priced as one combined job, not as a discounted nanny plus cleaner. Current London vacancies show a wide spread because hours, childcare intensity, household duties, live-in arrangements and travel requirements vary substantially.
The quick answer: there is no single London nanny-housekeeper rate.
Current 2026 London vacancy examples include part-time nanny-housekeeper roles around £16 to £25 gross per hour, a live-in Putney Bridge role at £48,000 to £55,000 gross a year, and a rota nanny-housekeeper role in South Kensington at £60,000 gross a year.
These are public vacancy examples, not Filipino Domestic Services salary data or a market average. A particular role can sit above or below them depending on its actual hours, responsibility and working arrangement.
What current London nanny-housekeeper vacancies show.
Use live vacancies as examples of how role design changes pay, rather than as a fixed rate card.
| Source | Arrangement | Published pay | Why the figure differs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Private Staff | Live-in, Putney Bridge | £48,000 to £55,000 gross/year | Long-term role combining childcare and household support. |
| Tiger Private | Rota nanny-housekeeper, South Kensington | £60,000 gross/year | Rota coverage, sole-charge childcare, housekeeping and some overnight/travel flexibility. |
| Little Ones | Part-time, North London | £20 to £25 gross/hour | Shorter schedule combining toddler care, housekeeping and family meal preparation. |
| Little Ones | Full-time, East London | £16 to £20 gross/hour | Long working days with three young children, household duties and travel flexibility. |
Sources checked August 2026: Eden Private Staff, Tiger Private and current Little Ones nanny-housekeeper guidance and vacancies.
Five things usually move the cost of the combined role.
The role title matters less than what must happen during the working day.
Sole-charge care of babies or young children leaves less usable time for household work than school-age childcare with predictable gaps.
Daily tidying and children’s laundry are very different from whole-home cleaning, family laundry, ironing, cooking and wardrobe management.
Early starts, late finishes, long days, weekends, overnights and rota patterns can materially change the package.
Accommodation changes the overall arrangement, but it does not turn off normal pay, working-time or off-duty boundaries.
Driving, travel, family cooking, formal-household experience and more senior organisational duties can move the role into a different bracket.
Is one nanny-housekeeper cheaper than a nanny plus a cleaner?
Sometimes, but cost should follow workload rather than drive it. A combined role works financially when the childcare schedule genuinely leaves enough time for the agreed household tasks. It stops being a sensible comparison when childcare and cleaning need to happen at the same time.
A separate nanny plus cleaner creates two pools of labour. That can cost more in headline terms, but it also avoids forcing one person to choose between supervising children and completing a separate cleaning workload.
Review current London nanny costsTwo simple cost models show why the timetable matters.
These are arithmetic illustrations, not salary recommendations. They use current published benchmarks and deliberately exclude employer on-costs and agency charges.
40 hours a week at an illustrative £22 gross/hour, a figure within current London nanny-housekeeper vacancy examples.
£45,760 gross/year35 nanny hours at the 2026 Inner London Nannytax benchmark of £21.63 gross/hour, plus five cleaner-service hours at Housekeep’s May 2026 average of £19/hour.
£44,306.60/year headline spend40 nanny hours at £21.63 gross/hour plus six cleaner-service hours at £19/hour. This buys 46 hours of labour, not 40.
£50,918.40/year headline spendThe comparison is intentionally not presented as a saving claim. Nannytax’s figure is a gross nanny wage benchmark, while Housekeep’s figure is an average consumer cleaner-service price, so the tax and employment treatment is different. The purpose is to show that a lower one-person headline only means something when the household tasks actually fit inside that person’s working time.
Choose a nanny-housekeeper when the duties can be sequenced, not stacked.
A combined role is strongest when one part of the day is childcare-led and another part can carry realistic household duties. School hours, nursery attendance or predictable child downtime can create that separation.
How Filipino Domestic Services scopes the enquiry
We start with the duty split before discussing what the role should cost.
Filipino Domestic Services’ current client terms require the household to give full details of the work and period of engagement. For a nanny-housekeeper enquiry, that means separating fixed childcare periods from the household tasks expected around them.
This is why a useful brief states who has priority at each part of the day. When a child needs active care, childcare cannot simply become the time allocated to laundry, cooking or cleaning. Defining that sequence first makes salary comparisons more meaningful and reduces role creep later.
See the nanny-housekeeper service and role boundariesLive-in can change the package, but not the need for clear hours.
Live-in nanny-housekeeper vacancies can show lower weekly cash figures than some live-out roles because accommodation forms part of the wider arrangement. That does not mean the person is available continuously or that accommodation can simply replace lawful pay.
Describe the room, bathroom and kitchen arrangements, the normal start and finish times, breaks, days off and any genuine overnight work before comparing candidate expectations.
Gross salary is not the household’s full employment cost.
For a direct employee, the household should budget beyond gross salary for the employer costs that apply. Those can include employer National Insurance, workplace pension contributions, payroll administration, insurance and agreed work expenses.
The nanny cost guide explains the current employer-cost layers in more detail. This page keeps them brief so the combined-role comparison remains the main macro-context.
Agency pricing sits outside the salary comparison.
The nanny-housekeeper’s pay is the employment cost for the work. Filipino Domestic Services’ introduction charge is a separate commercial cost governed by the applicable quote and client terms.
Sources used for the 2026 comparison.
Questions about nanny-housekeeper costs in London.
How much does a nanny-housekeeper cost in London?
There is no single rate. Current 2026 public vacancies show examples from roughly £16 to £25 gross per hour for some live-out or part-time roles and around £48,000 to £60,000 gross a year for more demanding live-in, full-time or rota roles.
Is a nanny-housekeeper cheaper than hiring a nanny and cleaner separately?
It can be, but only when the household duties genuinely fit around the childcare schedule. If both jobs need to happen at the same time, separate workers may be more appropriate even if the headline cost is higher.
Why can nanny-housekeeper salaries vary so much?
Child ages, sole-charge responsibility, property size, laundry, cooking, driving, travel, working hours, live-in accommodation, rota patterns and experience can all materially change the role.
Should nanny-housekeeper pay be agreed gross or net?
Gross pay gives the clearest basis for budgeting and payroll because employer costs can then be calculated from a known figure. Confirm the final payroll treatment with your payroll provider or HMRC guidance.
Does live-in accommodation reduce the salary?
Accommodation changes the overall package, but it does not make the employee continuously available or remove normal pay obligations. Compare live-in and live-out roles on duties, paid hours, accommodation and time off, not headline cash alone.
Is the Filipino Domestic Services agency fee included in these figures?
No. The market examples and cost models on this page concern salary or cleaner-service spend. Filipino Domestic Services’ introduction charge is separate and should be checked against the current fees page and client terms.
Define the childcare and household hours before setting the salary.
Send the child routines, recurring household duties, working hours, live-in or live-out arrangement, location and intended start date.