"I am currently earning XYZ,000, with an annual increase of about 10%. My current employer has delivered a year-end bonus as well. The benefits I currently receive are comparable, and my current employer has offered me another increase should I opt to stay. However, continuing to work in my current position isn't conducive to my current career goals."

When exploring the topic of salary, it's best to wait for the topic to be first touched on by your interviewer, and not explore it or questions about benefits when they ask if you have any questions for them. Additionally, answer as many of those questions on your own before the interview, and never ask a question you could easily have found the answer to on your own. According to their website, The DWP offers a competitive salary, reviewed annually, a comprehensive reward scheme, including in year voucher and monetary awards, an occupational pension, and a wide range of other benefits.

Your interviewer is curious about how you will approach evaluating your professional worth. The manner in which someone answers this question can say a lot about them as a professional. Someone who doesn't assert quantifying their professional worth and takes whatever is offered to them suggests they are not aggressive in advancing their career and will speak to a lack of experience. Someone who suggests a number that is too high suggests they haven't taken any of the considerations of the employer's budget, hiring expenses, or overhead. It could also attest to an over-inflated ego and a lack of experience. However, by approaching it as what you are currently earning, how often you receive pay increases and by what percentage, evaluating the current job market, projecting what the market will look like in the future, and where you would like your career goals to steer in the future, you can justify your professional worth in a matter of fact, thought out manner that speaks to your work ethic, and quantifies your professional worth.