OpenAI
UK > Scotland
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring knowledge or experience of OpenAI products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited OpenAI over the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within OpenAI.
| 6 months to 16 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 149 | 139 | 219 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -10 | +80 | - |
| Permanent jobs citing OpenAI | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland | 0.067% | 0.042% | 0.19% |
| As % of the Vendors category | 0.18% | 0.15% | 0.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £50,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £85,000 | £52,500 | £50,938 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £100,000 | £55,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +81.82% | -4.35% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £115,000 | £57,500 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median annual salary | £84,250 | £75,500 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.59% | +7.86% | - |
All Vendors
Scotland
OpenAI falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Scotland.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 1,139 | 687 | 1,504 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 38.21% | 28.64% | 36.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 386 | 307 | 862 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,087 | £31,250 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £27,500 | £36,250 | £25,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £37,750 | £50,000 | £42,850 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -24.50% | +16.69% | -22.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £61,250 | £74,572 | £62,868 |
| 90th Percentile | £78,790 | £94,267 | £80,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £52,500 | £57,500 | £50,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.70% | +13.86% | -12.17% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing OpenAI relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
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Salary Trend in Scotland
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing OpenAI.
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Job Locations in Scotland
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OpenAI within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh | - | 1 | £100,000 | - | 2 |
| Glasgow | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| OpenAI UK |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category: