Salary Negotiation Script That Works

I have a salary negotiation coming up and I don't want to leave money on the table.

Current salary: [£AMOUNT]
Target salary: [£AMOUNT]
Market rate for my role: [£AMOUNT or 'not sure']
Context: [job offer / annual review / promotion conversation]
My leverage: [e.g. competing offer / exceeded targets / rare skills]

Write me a negotiation plan:
1. **Opening the conversation** — the exact first sentence for this specific context
2. **Anchor number strategy** — what to ask for and why
3. **How to justify it** — the 3 strongest points I can make
4. **Responses to pushback** — scripts for 'budget is frozen' / 'we can't match that' / 'maybe next review'
5. **Non-salary wins** to ask for if the number is truly fixed
6. **How to close** — ending the conversation confidently whatever the outcome

I have a salary negotiation coming up and I don't want to leave money on the table.

Current salary: [£AMOUNT]
Target salary: [£AMOUNT]
Market rate for my role: [£AMOUNT or 'not sure']
Context: [job offer / annual review / promotion conversation]
My leverage: [e.g. competing offer / exceeded targets / rare skills]

Write me a negotiation plan:
1. **Opening the conversation** — the exact first sentence for this specific context
2. **Anchor number strategy** — what to ask for and why
3. **How to justify it** — the 3 strongest points I can make
4. **Responses to pushback** — scripts for 'budget is frozen' / 'we can't match that' / 'maybe next review'
5. **Non-salary wins** to ask for if the number is truly fixed
6. **How to close** — ending the conversation confidently whatever the outcome