About Jera IT · Edinburgh · Aberdeen · Glasgow

Scotland's most trusted partner for IT, Cyber Security & AI.

For over 30 years, Jera IT has protected, supported, and modernised Scottish businesses. We’re not a national MSP with a Scottish postcode. We’re a Scottish company — built here, run here, and entirely focused on making technology work for the businesses in our communities.

Jera IT at a glance
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Years supporting Scottish businesses
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Scottish offices — Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow

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5-star rated on Google Reviews

Same day

Response guarantee — every ticket, every time

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Cyber Essentials Plus
NCSC certified

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Microsoft Solutions Partner

Same-day response
Guaranteed

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AI Adoption Programme
Unique to Jera in Scotland

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Jera IT Academy
Training Scotland's future

Our story

Built in Scotland.
Built for Scotland.

Jera IT was founded on a simple belief: Scottish businesses deserved better. Not just faster responses or cheaper quotes — but a technology partner who took genuine responsibility for making IT work. One who planned ahead, told the truth, and measured results.

Over 30 years, we’ve grown from a small IT support business into a specialist team covering managed IT, cyber security, AI adoption, telecoms, and cloud — operating across Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Glasgow. We work with businesses from 10 to 200 employees across legal, manufacturing, construction, oil & gas, professional services, financial services, and the public sector.

What hasn’t changed is the principle we started with: technology should support your business and evolve as you grow. That’s why we focus on three core pillars: IT that protects you. Security that never sleeps. AI that pays for itself

What sets us apart

Why Scottish businesses choose Jera - and don’t leave.

We’re not a generalist IT company that dabbles in cyber security and drops “AI” into a service page. We’re specialists across all three disciplines — with named frameworks, proprietary programmes, and a track record that backs every claim we make.

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Scotland's Most Trusted MSP

Proactive, planned IT support — not a helpdesk you chase.

Most IT providers fix what breaks and call it managed services. Jera builds a plan first. Every client gets a named account manager, a written 12–24 month technology roadmap, and an IT Maturity Assessment that gives you an honest picture of where your technology stands today — and exactly where it needs to go. We’ve been delivering this for over 30 years. Our longest-standing clients have been with us for over a decade. That’s not a claim — it’s a record.

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Scotland's Cyber Security Expert

A security framework, not a security product.

Cyber attacks don’t only target large organisations. Small and mid-size Scottish businesses are increasingly targeted precisely because attackers assume their defences are weaker. Jera’s approach to cyber security is built around The Jera Security Framework — a continuous four-stage process that doesn’t just respond to threats, but anticipates and prevents them. We hold Cyber Essentials Plus certification, train your team to spot attacks before they land, and govern your AI tools so your data stays inside your control.

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Scotland's AI Adoption Expert

The only Scottish MSP with a structured AI Readiness Programme.

Scottish businesses are saving 5–10 hours per employee per week using AI tools many of them already pay for. The gap between businesses capturing that value and those falling behind is growing every month. Jera is the only Scottish MSP with a dedicated, structured AI adoption programme — including a free AI Readiness Assessment, a 7-stage adoption roadmap, and OI (Operational Intelligence) scoring: our proprietary system for measuring the real business impact of AI deployment by department, in real time.

Why choose Jera

Six things that genuinely set us apart.

These aren’t values on a wall. They’re operational commitments made to every client — the reason businesses who switch to Jera don’t switch again.

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We plan first. Then we execute.

Reactive IT is expensive IT. Every Jera client gets a written technology roadmap before anything is implemented. You know what’s coming, what it costs, and why it matters — before a single invoice arrives. No surprises. No unplanned spend.
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One person. Always.

You’ll never explain your setup to a stranger again. Every Jera client has a named account manager who understands your infrastructure, your team, and your business goals. They’re not a ticketing system. They’re your person — and they call you back the same day.
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Security isn't sold. It's built in.

From Cyber Essentials certification to AI governance, security is embedded into everything we deliver — not offered as a bolt-on after something goes wrong. We make sure the right protections are in place long before they’re needed, including the risks your current provider probably hasn’t mentioned.
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We measure the impact of everything.

Our IT Maturity Framework scores your technology estate at onboarding and tracks improvement over time. Our OI scoring measures AI impact by department in real time. You always know whether working with Jera is delivering a return — because we show you the data.
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Scottish by design, not by postcode.

We understand Scottish business culture, sector regulations, and local compliance requirements in a way that a national MSP with a regional office simply can’t. We’re headquartered here. Our team lives and works here. When you need us in person, we’re already there.
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We back every word with a guarantee.

Every new Jera client is protected by the Jera 90-Day Promise: if you’re not completely satisfied in your first 90 days, we’ll support your full transition to a new provider, and we will pay for your first month with them. No small print. No awkward conversations. We offer this because we’re confident in what we deliver.

I started Jera because Scottish businesses deserved a technology partner that actually gave a damn.

Over 30 years in IT, I’ve watched too many good businesses make expensive technology decisions with no real guidance, no roadmap, and no one willing to tell them the truth. They’d signed contracts for services they didn’t need, bought software they’d never fully use, and cycled through IT providers who fixed problems after they happened and went quiet in between.

Jera was built to be different. Not different in a marketing-brochure way — different in the way we actually work. We plan before we implement. We give every client a named person who knows their business. We measure outcomes rather than count tickets. And when we say something will happen, it does.

The frameworks we’ve built — the IT Maturity Framework, the Jera Security Framework, the AI Readiness Programme — aren’t products we sell. They’re the structured thinking we apply to every client relationship. They exist because good intentions aren’t enough without a repeatable process behind them.

What I’m most proud of after three decades isn’t any single project or technology. It’s the clients who’ve been with us for 10, 15, 20 years. Who call us before they make a technology decision, not after. Who trust us to tell them when something isn’t right — even when that’s not what they want to hear. That’s what a real technology partner looks like. That’s what we’ve been building since day one.

Ally Hollins-Kirk
Founder & Director · Jera IT · Edinburgh · Aberdeen · Glasgow
Ally Hollins-Kirk
Founder & Director, Jera IT
Our certifications & accreditations

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Cyber Essentials Plus

NCSC certified

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Microsoft Solutions Partner

Accredited

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ISO Accreditation

Certified

5-Star Google Reviews

Verified by clients

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Jera IT Academy

Cyber training programme

The people behind the technology

Meet the Jera IT team.

Every Jera client has a named person who knows their business. These are the faces behind the frameworks — the team you’ll actually work with, every day.

Ally Hollins-Kirk

Director

Lachlan Walker

First Line Engineer

Liam Smith

First Line Engineer

Louis Smith

First Line Engineer

Jera IT Academy

We're not just protecting Scottish businesses today. We're building the people who'll protect them tomorrow.

The UK is facing a widening gap in cyber security professionals. Businesses across Scotland are struggling to find people with the skills to protect their technology — and the threat landscape is evolving faster than the talent pipeline can keep up with.

The Jera IT Academy was built to change that. Through structured training, real-world mentorship, and hands-on deployment experience, we’re developing Scotland’s next generation of cyber security and IT professionals. AI-ready from day one. Based here. Serving here.

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Structured, practical cyber security training
Industry-relevant curriculum built around real-world threats, not textbook theory. Skills that matter in a live environment, from day one.

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Tackling the national cyber talent shortage
The UK has a critical and growing shortage of cyber professionals. The Academy is Jera’s commitment to closing that gap — starting in Scotland.

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AI-ready from the start
Graduates understand not just traditional threats but the new attack surfaces and governance challenges that AI adoption creates — making them relevant for the decade ahead.

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Scottish talent, serving Scottish businesses
We invest in Scottish people because the best way to protect Scottish businesses is to develop the professionals who understand them and share their communities.
Proven results

Real results from Scottish businesses.

Not case studies written by marketers. Real outcomes, confirmed by the businesses themselves — the kind of results that speak louder than any service page.

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"[Company] went from reactive chaos to a 12-month IT roadmap — and hasn't had unplanned downtime since."

[Company] had cycled through two IT providers in 18 months. No roadmap, no named account manager, inconsistent support. Every issue was a crisis because nobody was watching in advance.

IT maturity assessment in week one. Full technology audit by week three. Written 12-month roadmap delivered by end of month one — the first [company] had ever had. Named account manager from day one.

✓ Zero unplanned downtime in 6 months · Same-day response on every ticket · First IT roadmap in company history
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"[Company] is saving [X] hours per employee per week — using tools they were already paying for."

[Company] had Microsoft 365 licences for the whole team but was using less than 20% of what was available. Staff spent hours each week on tasks AI could handle — summarising meetings, drafting documents, chasing approvals.

AI Readiness Assessment, OI baseline established by department, phased Copilot rollout with training, Knowledge Agent deployed in month two. OI score tracked throughout — showing exactly which departments improved and by how much.

✓ [X] hours saved per employee per week · OI score up from [X] to [X] · ROI achieved in [X] weeks

Edinburgh · Aberdeen · Glasgow

Three Scottish offices. One team. We support businesses across the whole of Scotland — remotely for day-to-day, in person when it matters.

Edinburgh

Financial services · Legal · Public sector

Our Edinburgh office serves businesses across the city and surrounding areas — Lothian, Fife, the Borders — with a strong specialism in financial services, legal and professional services, and the public sector.

📞 0131 5100 100

tribe@jerait.co.uk

Aberdeen

Oil & gas · Energy · Maritime

Our Aberdeen office specialises in supporting the energy sector — oil & gas, renewables, and maritime — where security, remote access, and operational continuity requirements are among the most demanding in Scotland.

📞 01888 511 441

Glasgow

Manufacturing · Construction · Professional services

Our Glasgow office serves businesses across Greater Glasgow, Lanarkshire, and Renfrewshire — with particular strength in manufacturing, engineering, construction, and professional services.

📞 0141 442 0142

Remote-first, Scotland-wide

Most of our day-to-day support is delivered remotely — which means it doesn’t matter whether you’re in Inverness, Dundee, Stirling, or anywhere else in Scotland. You get the same same-day response, the same named account manager, and the same quality of service as our clients on our doorstep. When you need us in person, we’ll be there.

Legal & law firms

Manufacturing

Construction

Oil & gas

Professional services

Financial services

Public sector

Healthcare

Education

Agriculture & rural

What our clients say

Don't take our word for it.

“Jera managed the hacking of my account swiftly and effectively, at a very busy time of year for me and my team. Very grateful it was sorted so quickly.”

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Publishing
“Thank you Jera! The team are always so helpful and quick to resolve any issues. As a not particularly IT savvy person, I really appreciated their patience and explanation of the issues too. Thanks Jera!!”

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Charity
“As ever the team at Jera responded swiftly and resolved the issue within minutes.”

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Legal
“Jera answered the call quickly and dealt with the query effectively and efficiently. They were also able to find out what the issue was and solve the problem in no time, this also helped them solve the same problem another colleague had.”

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Agricultural
Work with us

Ready to work with Scotland's most trusted technology partner?

Start with a free 30-minute conversation with Ally. No pitch, no pressure — just an honest look at where your IT, security and AI position stands today, and what a clear, structured plan forward looks like for your business.

Ally Hollins-Kirk
Founder & Director, Jera IT