Kaizen Recruitment uses in-depth market knowledge to help guide and consult our candidates and clients within the financial services industries. To ensure this data reflects recent changes and trends, our team gathers insights from our network of investment analyst professionals.
Introduction
Demand for Investment Analysts in Australia remains robust, particularly among alternative investment managers and superannuation funds that are actively expanding their internal teams. Analysts with 2-5 years of experience and specialised expertise in asset classes such as private debt, infrastructure, and private equity are especially in demand.
Despite a growing candidate pool fueled by recent immigration and corporate restructuring, roles requiring niche skills—such as alternative asset exposure, advanced financial modeling, and business intelligence proficiency—remain difficult to fill due to the limited availability of suitably qualified professionals. As diversity becomes a priority, firms are also emphasising the recruitment and retention of female talent in front-office roles.
Given these talent shortages, employers are expanding their strategies to attract top candidates, including offering increasingly competitive salaries, enhanced benefits, and other appealing incentives. Likewise, candidates are prioritising opportunities that offer strong career development, diversity initiatives, and work-life balance. This guide offers insights into current salary trends, showcasing competitive pay rates across graduate, analyst, and senior levels in investment management.
What this guide covers
An overview of the industry in the past years, the niche skills in-demand and other trends in the candidate pool, salary and benefits, and an in-depth coverage of each level and their scope within an organisation.
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