Bircham Wyatt Recruitment · ACBK 2026 · A Recruitment AiDE

Salary Negotiation Insights

Market benchmarking, compensation comparison, and a negotiation strategy built around your specific situation. Not generic advice. Built on 450 pages of recruitment work and the principles of collaborative negotiation.

This tool is free and always will be. There is no sign-up, no account, and nothing you enter is stored or sent anywhere except directly to Anthropic's API to produce your report. Your CV, compensation details, and key live only in your browser for this session and vanish when you close the tab.

What you'll need: an Anthropic API key

The tool runs on Anthropic's Claude and searches the web for market data. Setup takes about five minutes.

Go to console.anthropic.com and create an account (or sign in).
Add credit under Billing. The minimum is usually $5, far more than you'll need.
Open API Keys, click Create Key, name it, and copy it. Starts with sk-ant-.
Paste it below. It stays in your browser only.

What a report costs

~10-20p

per report. This tool runs web searches for market data, so it uses a little more than simpler tools.

Roughly 5 to 10 reports per US dollar. A $5 balance covers 25 to 50 reports. Prices are set by Anthropic, not by me.

Your Anthropic API key

Remember my key on this device (stored only in this browser, never sent to me). Leave unticked on a shared computer.

The thinking behind this tool

This tool draws on two books and the principles of collaborative negotiation. If it helps you, the books go deeper.

A Career Breakdown Kit 2026

The full job-search playbook. View on Amazon →

A Recruitment AiDE

How adverts really work, for both sides. View on Amazon →

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Not affiliated with Anthropic. "Claude" and "Anthropic" are trademarks of Anthropic.

Bircham Wyatt Recruitment · ACBK 2026 · AiDE

Salary Negotiation Insights

1. Your situation 2. Your CV

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PDF or Word (.docx). Drop here or click

3. The role or advert (paste the JD or advert if you have it) 4. Your current compensation (be specific. This drives the comparison)

Include base salary, bonus (typical achieved, not target), pension contribution rate, car or car allowance, healthcare, holidays, any other benefits. Approximate figures are fine.

5. The offer or expected package (if known)

Same detail as above where possible. Leave blank if you have no information yet.

6. Competing offer (optional. Only include if genuine) if genuine)

If you have a real competing offer, include the headline details. Do not include a fabricated offer. The tool will advise on how to use it and a false one will backfire.

7. What you know about the employer (optional)

Anything about their pay practices, financial position, culture, or how they handled this process. Leave blank and the tool searches publicly available context.

Free always · nothing stored · bwrecruitment.co.uk