Would you expect a higher salary for an interim vs perm role?

[FuriousDuckling]

I've just been offered a job but found out that they are moving offices (to somewhere I can't commute to) in around 9 months.

They have agreed to offer it to me on an interim basis but I need to tell them what salary bump I am after to compensate for having to look for another job next year.

They are already offering at the lower end of the salary range I am looking at, so I'm not prepared to take it at the current salary, with this new added downside.

I just wondered what type of salary increase you'd expect to see, all other things being equal, for a fixed term role over a perm one?

Is it a fixed term role (where you'd basically get all the same perks/rights as a permanent employee) or a contractor role (where you'd be self employed)?

If fixed term, I'd expect the salary to be the same.

If contractor, depends on your industry, but about 2.5 times permanent rate in the industry I work in.

Thanks redsky. It's fixed term, but I'm not sure it would have all of the other benefits e.g. pension. Need to find out I guess.

I wouldn't automatically expect the salary to be higher for a fixed term role. It would depend on the market really - if the employer wouldn't struggle to recruit anyone, there's no need to bump it up. There's very little job security for anyone for the first two years anyway, so all you get for being "permanent" is a lower chance of having to look for a new job.

So ultimately for them it will come down to how much they want you and for you it will come down to how likely it is you'll find something permanent in the near future.