Here's a quick look at the rising market for trained staff in Scotland. We've seen growing demand as the world economies are building the wealthy classes.
With names like Jeeves, Carson, Hudson and Alfred, butlers have often been portrayed as almost as cut-glass posh as their employers, and often far smarter.
Now butlers can claim to be moving up the social ladder themselves, commanding salaries of up to £100,000 a year – and, in some cases, twice that.
Scottish butlers are said to be increasingly sought out by well-heeled international tourists seeking the Downton Abbey experience at shooting estates and luxury castles for hire, while more modern “PA”-style butlers are being snapped up by wealthy oil industry executives.
“There’s quite a demand for butlers,” says Simeon Rosset, an Edinburgh-based butler who’s worked for Bono, Kylie Minogue, below right, Quincy Jones and politicians and royals.
“Last year there must have been a dozen billionaires that I know who visited Scotland, so the money and opportunity available just now is incredible,” he adds.
“Butlers can earn anything between £45,000 to £100,000, but they do have to work hard for it.” According to the recruitment agency Greycoat Lumleys, demand is on the up in Scotland’s capital.
An agency spokesman says: “We are finding the demand for all types of household staff, including housekeepers, cooks, nannies, chefs, gardeners, butlers, chauffeurs, household managers and household couples, is ever-increasing in Edinburgh.”
Full article clickthrough: via Herald Scotland