Butler in London
The term “Butler” seems to remind the popular imagination of a wealthy middle old man carrying a silver plate in the tailcoat. Today, this enduring relationship can raise questions about how important a butler is to modern society and maybe even assume that a butler’s age is long dead.
Find all our butler jobs and vacancies in London below. You can also check all our butler jobs all around the world.
The Butler in their Job
First of all, it is important to define the different kinds of butler. In fact, we can distinguish two types of butler.
The best known and the more popular in the public eye (partly thanks to movies and tv shows) is the traditional butler. You can recognise him/her by their formal uniform. They have received a traditional education in a butler service school.
To be a traditional butler, they must have an irreproachable character and generally would add an English touch to the household.
The traditional Butler represent the household of their principal/family whom they work for and is in charge of formal events and dinner parties.
Nowadays, we tend to see more modern butlers in the UK and in London, but what is the difference between traditional and modern butler?
Modern butlers can also be considered as house managers, they are responsible for the management of the household of their principals. Their tasks are more service-oriented and modern butlers are expected to be multi-skilled.
What doesn’t change between these two types of butlers is the prestige they must represent and they must be very good listeners to the family they work for.
Who is the highest-paid butler?
The salary of a butler in London can vary and depends on many factors. The most obvious factor is their experience.
A new butler, would be paid less than a senior butler with over 8 years of experience. It also depends on the type of contract and the legislations of the country; the butler is being employed in. Indeed, we note that certain countries such as the UK tend to pay their butlers more generously.
In the UK, a very experienced butler [with at least 8 years’ experience] can earn up to £73000 a year. The highest-paid butler in the world is an English butler based in the US, Gary Williams who earns 2.2 million dollars a year.
