Reed Jobs Scraper

Returns: one row per Reed job with id, title, employer, location, salaryText, contractType, datePosted and sourceUrl. Input: { "keywords": "software engineer", "location": "London", "maxItems": 10 } Best for: UK job feeds, salary research and recruiter market analysis.

{"id":"57370484","title":"Registered Nurse","employer":"Excelcare Holdings","location":"Greater Manchester","salaryText":"£24.95 per hour","salaryMin":24.95,"sourceUrl":"https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/registered-nurse/57370484"}

What does Reed Jobs Scraper do?

Reed Jobs Scraper collects public UK job listings from Reed.co.uk and returns them as clean, structured records. You give it a job keyword and a UK location, for example "software engineer" in "London" or "nurse" in "Manchester", and it walks through the search result pages, opens each job page and extracts the details. You can also paste your own Reed search URLs or individual job URLs. Add further keyword searches in one run, with results deduplicated by Reed job ID. Optional salary and job type filters are applied by Reed before the Actor opens matching jobs.

Every record contains the job title, the employer, the location, the salary as displayed plus a numeric minimum, maximum and pay period, the contract type, the full description as plain text, and the dates the job was posted and closes. Optionally, an AI step adds two extra labels: the seniority of the role and the work arrangement (onsite, hybrid, remote).

The Actor needs no login and no API key. It reads only pages that anyone can open in a browser, at a polite pace of one to two requests per second. It is built for recruiters, salary benchmarking, labour-market research, job aggregators, and anyone who wants Reed listings in a spreadsheet, database or AI workflow.

Typical uses include a weekly feed of new jobs for a role and city, salary benchmarking across UK regions and contract types, tracking which employers hire most for a skill, and feeding job descriptions into your own search index or language model pipeline.

What data can you get?

Each job becomes one dataset item. Items are unique by id, and sourceUrl points to the Reed job page the data came from.

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Reed job identifier
sourceUrl	string	URL of the job page
title	string	Job title
employer	string	Hiring company or recruiter
location	string	Town, city or area of the job
postalCode	string	Postcode area when the listing provides one
salaryText	string	Salary exactly as shown, for example "£24.95 per hour"
salaryMin	number	Lower salary bound
salaryMax	number	Upper salary bound
salaryPeriod	string	HOUR, DAY, WEEK, MONTH or YEAR
contractType	string	Employment type such as FULL_TIME or PART_TIME
description	string	Full description as plain text
descriptionHtml	string	Description HTML from the job page, when published
datePosted	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of posting
validThrough	string	ISO 8601 timestamp when the listing closes
employerUrl	string	Reed company profile page of the employer (empty when the listing has no link)
employmentText	string	Employment type as shown on the page, e.g. Permanent, full-time
workplaceText	string	Workplace arrangement when stated, e.g. Remote
easyApply	boolean	Whether the listing has the Easy Apply badge
salaryCurrency	string	GBP when a numeric salary was parsed
seniority	string	AI label: entry, mid, senior, lead or executive
remoteType	string	AI label: onsite, hybrid, remote or unspecified

Some listings say the salary is negotiable or competitive. For those, salaryText may be empty or text only, and the numeric salary fields are null. Fields that a listing does not provide are returned as null rather than guessed.

How to use Reed Jobs Scraper

1. Open the Actor in Apify Console and go to the Input tab.
2. Enter keywords and a location, or paste Reed search URLs into Start URLs.
3. Set Max items to the number of jobs you want. The run stops as soon as that many records are saved.
4. Enable AI enrichment if you want the seniority and remote labels; it is off by default.
5. Click Start. Results appear in the Output tab and can be downloaded as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML.

For several related roles, add additionalKeywords and the Actor runs each search until maxItems unique jobs are saved. Use salaryFrom, salaryTo and jobType to narrow generated searches. Start URLs preserve the filters already set in the pasted Reed URL. For a search with many results, Reed returns 25 jobs per page. The Actor requests each page in turn and then opens every job page, because the job page is where the full description, the exact posting date including the year and the closing date are published.

If your keywords or location match nothing, the run finishes with zero items and a warning in the log. It does not output placeholder records.

Input

Field	Type	Description
keywords	string	Job keywords, for example "python developer". Required unless you give Start URLs.
location	string	UK town or city, for example "Leeds". Empty means the whole UK.
additionalKeywords	string array	More search phrases to combine with keywords; duplicate job IDs are returned once.
salaryFrom	integer	Minimum Reed salary filter value in GBP in generated searches; 0 means no filter.
salaryTo	integer	Maximum Reed salary filter value in GBP in generated searches; 0 means no filter.
jobType	string	One of any, permanent, contract, temporary, fullTime or partTime; default any.
startUrls	array	Optional Reed search URLs or job URLs. They override keywords and location.
maxItems	integer	Maximum jobs to return, default 50.
includeDescription	boolean	Include the full description text, default true.
enableAiEnrichment	boolean	Add seniority and remoteType labels, default false.
proxyConfiguration	object	Proxy settings. Direct by default, with automatic retry through Apify datacenter proxy if Reed blocks a request.

Example input:

{
  "keywords": "software engineer",
  "location": "London",
  "additionalKeywords": ["backend developer"],
  "salaryFrom": 50000,
  "jobType": "permanent",
  "maxItems": 30,
  "includeDescription": true,
  "enableAiEnrichment": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false }
}

Output

Here is a real item produced by the Actor (description shortened):

{
  "id": "57370484",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/registered-nurse/57370484",
  "title": "Registered Nurse",
  "employer": "Excelcare Holdings",
  "location": "Greater Manchester",
  "postalCode": null,
  "salaryText": "£24.95 per hour",
  "salaryMin": 24.95,
  "salaryMax": 24.95,
  "salaryPeriod": "HOUR",
  "contractType": "FULL_TIME, PART_TIME",
  "description": "We are offering a rewarding career as a Registered Nurse at our Park Avenue Care Home in Bromley. ...",
  "datePosted": "2026-09-21T09:17:25.367Z",
  "validThrough": "2026-11-02T23:55:00.000Z",
  "seniority": "mid",
  "remoteType": "onsite"
}

Another item shows a salary range:

{
  "id": "57294994",
  "title": "Nursery Nurse",
  "employer": "Reeson Education",
  "location": "Wigan",
  "postalCode": "WN1",
  "salaryText": "£15.87 - £16.24 per hour",
  "salaryMin": 15.87,
  "salaryMax": 16.24,
  "salaryPeriod": "HOUR",
  "descriptionHtml": "<p>We are offering a rewarding career as a Registered Nurse...</p>",
  "contractType": "FULL_TIME"
}

The seniority and remoteType values are null when AI enrichment is turned off or when the AI processor was unavailable for that item.

How much does it cost?

The Actor uses pay-per-event pricing. You are charged for each result saved to the dataset, and for each result that was successfully enriched with the AI labels. You are not charged for results that were not saved, and the run never saves more than your Max items. See the Pricing tab on the Actor page for the current rates. You can also set a maximum cost per run in the Apify Console to cap spending.

AI enrichment is a third-party step: the title, location and the beginning of the description are sent to an external AI processor to produce the seniority and remote labels. It is off by default; turn it on with enableAiEnrichment: true if you want those labels.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

You can call this Actor from any MCP-compatible assistant through the Apify MCP server. Add the Actor with this URL:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=axiomworks/reed-jobs-scraper"
    }
  }
}

Example prompts: "Find 20 recent nursing jobs in Manchester on Reed and list the employer, salary and contract type." or "Get 50 software engineer jobs in London from Reed and summarise the salary range for senior roles." or "Search Reed for data analyst jobs and give me the closing dates."

The input fields keywords, location and maxItems are listed first so agents can fill them directly.

Integrations and API

You can run the Actor from code and read the dataset with the Apify API.

Python:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("axiomworks/reed-jobs-scraper").call(run_input={
    "keywords": "software engineer",
    "location": "London",
    "maxItems": 30,
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["title"], item["employer"], item["salaryText"])

JavaScript:

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('axiomworks/reed-jobs-scraper').call({
    keywords: 'nurse',
    location: 'Manchester',
    maxItems: 20,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
process.stdout.write(`${items.length} jobs\n`);

cURL:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/axiomworks~reed-jobs-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"keywords":"nurse","location":"Manchester","maxItems":20}'

You can also connect the Actor to schedules, webhooks, Google Sheets, Make, Zapier or n8n using the standard Apify integrations. A common pattern is a daily scheduled run that sends new jobs to a spreadsheet or a Slack channel.

FAQ

How many jobs can I get? As many as the search returns, up to the Max items you set. Reed shows up to roughly forty pages of 25 jobs per search, so for broad searches use several narrower keyword or location combinations.

Why is the salary empty for some jobs? Many listings, especially from recruiters, advertise the salary as negotiable or competitive. Reed publishes no numbers for them, so the numeric fields are null.

Why does the Actor open every job page? Search cards show only a day and month for the posting date. The job page holds the full ISO date, the closing date, the postcode area and the complete description.

Can I scrape a single job? Yes. Put the job URL in Start URLs.

What happens if Reed blocks a request? The Actor retries with increasing delays, switching to a fresh Apify datacenter proxy session after the first failure. If a page still cannot be fetched, it is skipped with a warning in the log. For heavy use, choose a proxy group in the proxy settings.

Does it need a login? No. Only public pages are read.

Is the data fresh? Yes, the Actor reads live pages on each run. Expired jobs are removed by Reed and are skipped.

Is it legal to scrape Reed?

This Actor reads publicly available job listings that anyone can view without logging in. It does not bypass logins or CAPTCHAs, and it keeps to a modest request rate. Job listings can include personal or commercial information, so use the data in line with applicable laws such as the UK GDPR and with the terms of any site you rely on. Respect the rights of employers and recruiters when you republish text. This is not legal advice; if you plan a commercial product built on the data, consult a lawyer. This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Reed.

Feedback

Found a bug, a missing field or a listing type that is not parsed correctly? Open an issue from the Actor page in Apify Console, including the input you used and the job URL. Feature requests, including other Reed search filters, are welcome.