yes
strangely enough - that's how it is for me too
skill description says that with 4 in the skill i should only be able to pickpocket level 20 characters
instead you can pickpocket any level NPCs
when i went from level 7 to level 10 i could pickpocket 3 more times so perhaps it's a simple formula
number of times you can pickpocket any NPC = your skill level.
which is slightly inappropriate.
