Tired of the City? Sick of the credit crunch? It could be time for a career move, and many former City workers are considering a job which involves getting paid to fly a helicopter, decant Claret and live in a 30,000 sq foot mansion - as a butler.

Butler training schools say they are seeing a surge of demand for domestic service as the newly-minted increasingly need help to organise their complicated lives, despite their wealth being damaged by the recession.