To ask how do I respond to a job offer email?

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I had an interview and the internal HR has emailed me saying they would like to offer me the role and given a salary.

The salary is around what I wanted, but ideally I want to bump it up by a £1000 as it's currently £34,000 and I would prefer £35,000. I've spoken to several recruiters who have said with my experience I should look for £33-35, or 'mid £30s' or 'around £35'.

I've never negotiated on salary before. I also want to ask them to send the full details like the benefits package, etc. Is anyone able to help me craft an email response to them? I'd really appreciate it

Do let us know how it goes

"Thank you so much, this is great news as I would love to take the opportunity and I'm really excited about this role.

I do have another offer though for £36k so I wanted to check if you'd be able to match it"

I've negotiated my salary each time and tripled it over 5 years. Always say you have another offer. I've never accepted the first offer. Always shoot higher so they meet you in the middle (where your actual expectation is).

They offered me £36! Thank you all so much for your help!

Congratulations OP! For future reference I love to use Chat GPT for drafting out this sort of response ☺️, but you've clearly done a good job of it to negotiate that.

Someone pointed out it's a small difference in weekly take home pay. But it's about feeling like you're fairly compensated relative to the open market. And important way to start a new role!

Well done! I'm so proud of you!

Well done x

Oh super