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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I think it depends very much on your location, how many children you have, and if you want a babysitter who is qualified in childcare, someone mature, or just a teenager.
I pay my evening babysitter �8 per hour to care for my two children (6mths and 3 years old) and I live in Surrey. I use the same babysitter that I first found (on the internet - www.nicksbabysittingservice.co.uk ) when my oldest son was 3mths old and I feel that to keep a babysitter that my children adore I need to pay him a reasonable salary.
My babysitter is not a teenager but a qualified and experienced maternity nurse/nanny and thus while I may pay more than some parents, I feel that in doing so my children are being well cared for whilst I am away and my children adore him so much that they don't mind me leaving them.
So I think you pay for what you get... if you want a teenager than you can pay quite low �4-�5 per hour, whereas if you want a childcare professional you need to be paying higher �6-�10 per hour.