In rich, contemporary and high living society of UK where both husband and wife are busy with their professions and can't able to render time for household chores and also with their kids, the au pair jobs are significantly gaining priority. Au pair takes care of all the house and kids or disabled elderly persons when the lady and the lord of the house out there working. Au pair jobs are becoming popular especially in middle class or rich class people who can't afford to spend time to maintain their homes but can spend money to keep an au pair.

Au pair jobs involve love for the house and its members, dedication, caring, honesty and responsibility. They not only babysitting but also housekeeping. The job description of an au pair is to look after the small kids of the home, keeping an eye on them and avoid any potential bad situations, provide medication, cleaning the house, kitchen work and cooking meals, washing clothes, bring groceries, get children to and from schools, watering plants and various other household chores. Au pairs are mostly trusted middle aged women or young ladies who are financially poor, less educated and love to do housekeeping jobs.

They are mostly foreigners. In a high society of UK, it's very unlikely that native people interested in doing au pair jobs. Au pairs can be hired from trusted source like friends and relatives who know her well. There are several agencies where one can hire au pairs. These organizations or agencies provide the profile, origin, ethnicity, age, etc. of au pairs from which one can choose an au pair according to one's preference. One can post advertisement in classifieds or internet that they need an au pair and keep one after proper interview. Au pair jobs mostly spans internationally. Au pairs are interested women brought to UK by agencies mostly from developing countries like India, Brazil, Mexico, Thailand, China, parts of African subcontinent, etc. Wage of an au pair varies from country or places, on the family size, parent's income and expenditure strength, etc. She is given a separate room in the house in order to render full time service. The foremost priority of an au pair is to take care of the family children they have been entrusted to look after.

In the present scenario, more and more people are opting to make their career in nanny profession. One of the main reasons of choosing this profession is to get a decent salary and of course a friendly working environment.