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2026-2027 Australian Executive Market Trends & Salary Report

What are leaders in your sector actually being paid in FY27?

The executive market has shifted. Salary expectations have moved. Hiring priorities have changed.

The 2026-2027 Australian Executive Market Trends & Salary Report from Perceptor draws on direct survey data, real mandate experience, and over 25 years of executive search to give you a clear, unfiltered view of where the leadership market sits right now.

This is not a generic recruitment guide. It is a practical reference point for the decisions that matter.

What's inside

Four functions. Two company tiers. One clear picture.

The report covers executive salary benchmarks and leadership trends across:

  • Sales & Marketing

  • Technology

  • Human Resources

  • Finance

For each function, we break down compensation data across ASX300/Large Global Corporates and Mid-Size/High Growth organisations, giving you a like-for-like comparison that reflects the reality of the market you're operating in.

What you'll take away

  • Salary benchmarks by function and company type - so you know whether you're competitive, or at risk of losing ground

  • The trends shaping leadership teams in FY27 - what organisations are prioritising, and where the gaps are emerging

  • Typical salary movement for FY27 - including where flexibility exists and where the market has tightened

  • Insight across four executive functions - including two newly expanded practice areas

Why this report is different

Most salary data is aggregated, delayed, and written for a broad audience. This report is not.

Perceptor's research is drawn from direct conversations with senior leaders, real mandates, and active observation of the Australian executive market across the functions we work in every day.

The content is designed to help leaders make better decisions, not to generate noise. It reflects real market dynamics, not surface-level benchmarking.

If you are a CEO, HR Director, or senior leader making hiring or career decisions in the next twelve months, this report gives you a grounded reference point built by practitioners, not analysts.

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