House Sitting Jobs UK

Get paid to house sit and mind pets in the UK

Typically £20 to £45 per night. Stay in the owner home and keep their pets settled in familiar surroundings while they travel. Set your own rates and keep up to 90%.

House sitting suits pets that do best in their own space, and sitters who like a change of scene. You stay over, the pets stay home.

Start House SittingUp to 90% kept. £20,000 Protection Plan.

£20 to £45

per night across UK cities

£20,000

maximum toward eligible vet costs

250K+

members on Petme

4.9 / 5

average sitter rating on Petme

Flexible, self-scheduled work

A flexible job you run around your life

This is in-person work, but you control it like your own business: your hours, your clients, your rate. Fit it around a day job, studies, or other gigs across the UK.

Sit on the dates that suit you

Take the stays that fit your calendar, from a single night to a fortnight of holiday cover. Open and close your availability as your own plans change. No obligation to accept every request.

Self-employed, in control

You set your own nightly rate, pick the homes and pets you take on, and answer to the owner, not a manager. No rostered shifts, no minimum bookings, just the stays you choose.

Pair it with sitting and walks

Many UK house sitters mix overnight stays with drop-in visits, daycare, and walks between bookings, building a fuller week of pet-care income.

Earning and control

Earn on your terms, keep up to 90%

No shift rosters, no platform-set pricing, no minimum hours. You control the rate, the work, and the schedule, and the Petme Protection Plan offers up to £20,000 for eligible vet costs.

£20 to £45 per night

Typical house-sitting rates across the UK, with London and the south-east at the upper end. Multi-night holiday stays add up quickly. You set your own nightly rate, and you keep up to 90%.

Stay in the owner home

You care for pets in their own surroundings, which suits anxious dogs, older pets, and cats that hate change. You also keep the home lived-in, watered, and secure while owners are away.

£20,000 Protection Plan

The Petme Protection Plan offers up to £20,000 for eligible vet costs. 0% owner fee.

Why UK sitters choose Petme

Built for UK sitters and walkers

Owner cashback keeps your clients rebooking, your social profile gets you found, and fast 2-day payouts mean you are paid soon after each booking, all with £20,000 Protection Plan built in.

Higher-rate overnight bookings

House sitting is the higher-rate, overnight end of pet care. You set the nightly rate, and you keep up to 90% per booking, more than most UK platforms leave you with.

Holiday-season regulars

Owners rebook the house sitter their pets already trust, especially around school holidays and Christmas. Owners earn cashback too, so a good first stay often becomes recurring cover.

A profile that gets you found

Petme is social, not just a directory. Post your stays to a feed UK pet parents follow, so owners book the real person behind the profile. Active sitters get found and rebooked far more often.

Live-in house sitting

Live-in house sitter and overnight dog nanny jobs

Owners use several names for this: live-in house sitter, house sitter, dog nanny. On Petme it is one kind of booking: you stay overnight in the owner’s home while they are away and look after the house and their pets.

Booked by the night

Owners book the nights they are away and you accept the dates that suit you.

A stay, not a permanent post

This is paid per booking and is not a live-in employee position. When the owner is back the booking ends and you can take another.

Your rate, your dates

You set a nightly rate and keep up to 90% of each booking. Each city page below shows the local nightly band.

Available cities

House Sitting Jobs UK in your city

Petme covers cities across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Each rate below is what sitters in that city typically charge a night. Open your city for the full breakdown and the neighbourhoods owners book most.

London £45-65 Manchester £40-60 Birmingham £35-58 Edinburgh £42-60 Glasgow £35-58 Liverpool £32-55 Bristol £40-60 Leeds £35-58 Sheffield £32-52 Newcastle upon Tyne £32-52 Belfast £32-52 Nottingham £32-52 Southampton £35-55 Leicester £30-48 Portsmouth £32-52 Cardiff £32-55 Coventry £30-48 Bradford £28-45 Brighton £40-60 Plymouth £30-48 Hull £28-45 Wolverhampton £28-45 Derby £30-48 Milton Keynes £35-55 Stoke-on-Trent £28-45 Swansea £28-45 Reading £38-60 Luton £32-50 Sunderland £28-45 Aberdeen £35-55 Oxford £38-60 Cambridge £38-60 Bournemouth £35-55 Bolton £28-45 Northampton £30-48 Blackpool £28-44 Peterborough £30-48 Southend-on-Sea £32-52 Wakefield £28-45 Bath £32-55 Wigan £28-44 Warrington £32-50 York £32-52 Telford £28-45 Huddersfield £28-45 Middlesbrough £28-44 Ipswich £30-48 Exeter £32-52 Gloucester £28-45 Doncaster £28-44 Preston £28-45 Dundee £30-48 Norwich £30-48 Swindon £32-50 Newport £28-45 Cheltenham £35-55 Slough £35-55 Basildon £30-48 Colchester £30-48 Barnsley £28-44 Basingstoke £35-55 Blackburn £28-45 Chelmsford £30-48 Chester £32-50 Crawley £40-60 Dudley £28-45 Guildford £38-60 Lincoln £30-48 Oldham £28-44 Paisley £35-58 Poole £35-55 Rotherham £28-44 Solihull £30-48 Stockport £28-45 Walsall £28-45 Watford £32-50 Woking £38-60 Motherwell £30-48 Gateshead £28-45 Worthing £32-52 Rochdale £28-44 Birkenhead £28-44 Maidstone £30-48 St Helens £28-44 Worcester £28-45 Falkirk £30-48 West Bromwich £28-45 Eastbourne £32-52 Bedford £32-50 Hemel Hempstead £32-50 Stevenage £32-50 Southport £28-45 Harlow £30-48 Darlington £28-44 Hastings £32-52 Gillingham £30-48 Airdrie £30-48 Nuneaton £30-48 Halifax £28-45 Hartlepool £28-44 Aylesbury £30-48 Croydon £40-60 Bromley £40-60 Enfield £40-60 Harrow £40-60 Romford £40-60 Kingston upon Thames £40-60 Grimsby £28-45 Wallasey £28-44 Derry £28-45 Stockton-on-Tees £28-44 Weston-super-Mare £28-45 Hamilton £30-48 High Wycombe £30-48 Ashford £30-48 Redditch £28-45 Scunthorpe £28-45 Bury £28-45 Bracknell £30-48 Burnley £28-45 Rugby £30-48 Carlisle £28-45 Chatham £30-48 Newcastle-under-Lyme £28-45 Chesterfield £28-44 Burton upon Trent £30-48 Dunfermline £30-48 Tamworth £28-45 Shrewsbury £28-45 Harrogate £32-52 East Kilbride £30-48 St Albans £32-50 Crewe £28-45 South Shields £28-45 Craigavon £28-45 Stafford £28-45 Lowestoft £28-44 Gosport £32-52 Dartford £30-48 Bognor Regis £32-52 Corby £30-48 Paignton £30-48 Maidenhead £35-55 Livingston £30-48 Greenock £30-48 Ellesmere Port £28-44 Loughborough £30-48 Bangor £28-45 Inverness £30-48 Dewsbury £28-45 Mansfield £28-44 Margate £32-52 Kettering £30-48 Cannock £28-45 Ayr £30-48 Taunton £28-45 Runcorn £28-44 Farnborough £30-48 Tynemouth £28-45 Hereford £28-45 Halesowen £28-45 Widnes £28-44 Huyton £28-44 Scarborough £28-45 Gravesend £30-48 Kidderminster £28-45 Stourbridge £28-45 Smethwick £28-45 Weymouth £28-45 Brentwood £30-48 Barrow-in-Furness £28-44 Canterbury £30-48 Wellingborough £30-48 Sittingbourne £30-48 Macclesfield £28-45 Bootle £28-44 Clacton-on-Sea £28-44 Lancaster £28-45 Cumbernauld £30-48 Banbury £30-48 Torquay £30-48 Folkestone £32-52 Bridgend £28-45 Welwyn Garden City £32-50 Kilmarnock £30-48 Leamington Spa £30-48 Tunbridge Wells £30-48 Hinckley £30-48 Durham £28-45 Kirkcaldy £30-48 Wokingham £35-55 Horsham £30-48 Yeovil £28-45 Kingswood £28-45 Wythenshawe £28-45 Rochester £30-48 Sale £28-45 Barry £28-45 Dalkeith £30-48 Bebington £28-44 Carlton £28-44 Lisburn £28-45 Salford £28-45 Beeston £28-44 Crosby £28-44

Common questions

House Sitting Jobs UK, answered

What new UK sitters and walkers ask before signing up on Petme.

Do you get paid to house sit in the United Kingdom?

Yes on Petme. House sits booked through Petme are paid work at a nightly rate you set, from £28 to £65 across the UK. That is different from membership free-stay arrangements where you look after a home in exchange for somewhere to sleep and do not get paid.

How are paid house sitting jobs different from free-stay membership house sits?

Paid house sitting on Petme means the owner pays your rate through the app and you keep up to 90%. Free-stay membership sites usually swap unpaid care for accommodation. Both keep pets in their own home; only paid bookings put money in your account.

How much do house sitting jobs pay on Petme?

UK house sitting rates on Petme run £28 to £65 per night, with London and the south-east at the upper end. You set your own nightly rate and keep up to 90% of every booking. The Petme Protection Plan offers up to £20,000 for eligible vet costs.

Are house sitting jobs in the UK actually paid?

Yes. House sits booked through Petme are paid work, not an unpaid stay-for-free exchange. You set your own nightly rate, the owner pays through the app, and you keep up to 90% of every booking. Typical UK rates run £20 to £45 per night.

How much do house sitters earn per night in the UK?

House sitting on Petme in the UK typically pays £20 to £45 per night, with London and the south-east at the upper end. Multi-night holiday stays add up quickly. You set your rate and keep up to 90%.

Do London rates differ from the rest of the UK?

Yes. London and the south-east tend to sit at the top of the £20 to £45 nightly band, reflecting higher demand and living costs. Northern and rural cities usually price a little lower. You set your own rate to match your area.

How is house sitting different from boarding?

With house sitting you stay overnight in the owner home and the pet stays in its own space, which suits anxious or older animals. With boarding the pet comes to you. House sitting also keeps the home occupied and secure while owners travel.

What do you need to start house sitting?

Reliability and a complete profile, plus ID verification once you are 18 or over and based in the UK. Owners trust you with both their pet and their home, so good reviews carry real weight. You choose which stays to accept and set your own nightly rate.

Are there weekend or part-time house sitting jobs?

Yes. You take the stays that fit your calendar, so weekend or occasional house sitting works well. Many sitters cover short weekend trips and longer holiday stays around their own plans. No rostered shifts, no minimum bookings.

What does house sitting on Petme involve?

You stay in the owner home and care for the pets there: feeding, walks, company, and routine, plus keeping the home tidy and secure. You follow the owner instructions, share photo updates, and manage your own calendar and rates.

Am I covered if a pet is injured during a stay?

The Petme Protection Plan offers up to £20,000 for eligible vet costs. If something goes wrong during a stay, eligible costs are covered at no extra cost to you or the owner.

Which UK cities have house sitting demand?

Demand spans England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, strongest in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Bristol, and rises sharply around school holidays and Christmas. Open your city below for local rates.

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