1. Wage Survey in Relation to
National Living Wage
30 August 2015

2. Facts
• The adult rate of National Minimum Wage (NMW)
increases to £6.70 on 1st October.
• The National Living Wage is introduced on 1st April 2016
at £7.20 per hour.
• The National Living Wage is a 11% rise on the adult rate
of National Minimum Wage.
• The National Living Wage is for workers aged 25 years
and over.

3. Do you have Apprentices on NMW?
74%
24%
2%
Yes No Unsure

4. Do you use Apprentices in Ratio?
38%
19%
43%
Yes No Depends

5. What do unqualified staff receive?
• 100% of respondents stated that they receive
the National Minimum Wage for their age.
• NVQ Level 2 staff receive 20p above National
Minimum Wage (NMW) in one example.

6. What hourly rate do Nursery Nurses
receive?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
6.5
6.55
6.65
6.75
7
7.5
8
9
No. Of Occurrences
£

7. The Average Hourly Rate for Nursery
Nurses is?
• £7.00 per hour
• Most frequent hourly rate is £6.70 per hour.
• This is 50p per hour less than the National
Living Wage.

8. Average Hourly Rate for Managers
• £11.55 per hour is the average rate for
Managers.
• This is just 38% more than the National Living
Wage of £7.20 per hour

9. Comment
• We didn’t ask about location and that will impact hourly
rates, we would expect Nurseries in the South of
England, to have to pay more to recruit qualified staff.
• Employers who pay 20p per hour more than the NMW
for their Nursery Nurses pay 3% above the NMW.
• To maintain the differential, those employers will need to
increase the hourly rate to £7.42 per hour for those
Nursery Nurses who are over 25 years of age.