Netherlands Jobs Scraper

What is Netherlands Jobs Scraper?

Netherlands Jobs Scraper searches three job boards in the Netherlands with one query (Nationale Vacaturebank, Intermediair and Jobbird) and returns one clean dataset of vacatures: merged, deduplicated across sites and sorted newest first. Export as JSON, CSV or Excel. Costs $0.80 per 1,000 jobs; full descriptions are an optional add-on at $1 per 1,000. A residential proxy is built in.

• 🌍 3 sites, one run: Nationale Vacaturebank, Intermediair and Jobbird are searched in parallel (a few seconds for 60 jobs)
• 🧹 Cross-site dedup: the same job on several boards (same title, company and city) appears once, with an also_on list of the other sites
• 📅 Newest first across all sites, with a total Max jobs cap and an optional cap per site
• 🎯 Pick the sites you want under Sites
• 🛡️ A blocked or failing site never fails the run: it is retried on a fresh proxy session, then skipped and logged; the others still deliver
• 📄 Optional full details: description and extra fields, charged only for jobs actually enriched
• 🤖 Agent friendly: small flat items, one schema for all sites, works through the Apify MCP server

Which sites are included?

Site	Country	Single-site Actor	Default	Notes
Nationale Vacaturebank	Netherlands	nationale-vacaturebank-jobs	yes	Up to 10,000 per search; Dutch residential proxy; full description included
Intermediair	Netherlands	intermediair-jobs	yes	Same DPG Media platform as Nationale Vacaturebank, so many jobs overlap (and are deduplicated); full description included
Jobbird	Netherlands	jobbird-jobs	yes	Aggregator of recruiter and employer ads; no proxy needed

Results per site are capped by each site, not by this Actor (10,000 per search on Nationale Vacaturebank and Intermediair, Jobbird up to 10,000). Asking for more returns what the site offers.

What data can I extract?

🆔 Stable job ID, source site and URL	📝 Job title
🏢 Company (and company page)	📍 Location, city, postcode, region, country
📅 Posting date and valid-through date	🏠 Remote: onsite / hybrid / remote
💶 Salary range (when stated)	⏱️ Hours per week and employment type
🎓 Education level	🔁 also_on: other sites with the same job
📄 Full description (included or via the add-on, see below)	🔗 Apply link (where the site has one)

Every site fills what it has; coordinates, postcodes, hours and education come from some boards only. Missing fields are null.

How do I scrape Dutch jobs?

1. Create a free Apify account and open this Actor.
2. Enter a keyword (for example verpleegkundige) and optionally a location and radius. Leave Sites on the default or pick some.
3. Set Max jobs and optionally Posted in the last (days).
4. Switch on Full details if you need descriptions from every board that has one.
5. Click Start and download the jobs from the Output tab as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML.

How much does it cost to scrape Dutch job boards?

You pay per job that ends up in your dataset: $0.80 per 1,000 unique jobs, after duplicates are removed. No subscription, the proxy is included.

• Add-on: Full details, $1 per 1,000 jobs, off by default. Charged only for jobs whose detail page was actually fetched. Nationale Vacaturebank and Intermediair jobs already include the full description and are never charged for it; the add-on enriches Jobbird.
• The monthly credit of Apify's free plan covers thousands of jobs.
• You are charged for the jobs in the dataset, not for the (more numerous) jobs fetched before deduplication and the Max jobs cut. Set a maximum cost per run in the run options.

Input

See the Input tab for all options. The shared fields are the same as in our single-site job Actors.

Field	Description
Keyword (keyword)	Job title or skill, sent to every site, e.g. verpleegkundige
Location (location)	City or postcode, sent to every selected site, e.g. Utrecht
Radius (km) (radius_km)	Distance around the location; needs a location
Posted in the last (days) (posted_since_days)	Only jobs posted in the last N days
Sites (sites)	nationalevacaturebank, intermediair, jobbird (default: nationalevacaturebank, intermediair, jobbird)
Max jobs (limit)	Cap on the merged dataset; every site gets a fair share
Max jobs per site (limit_per_site)	Optional cap per site (default: Max jobs)
Full details (includeDetails)	Paid add-on: detail page data
Proxy (proxyConfiguration)	Apify RESIDENTIAL, country NL by default; the Actor applies it only to the sites that need it

Example input:

{
    "keyword": "verpleegkundige",
    "location": "Utrecht",
    "posted_since_days": 7,
    "limit": 100
}

Location and keyword

Languages differ per country, and the Actor sends your keyword and location to every selected site as is. Use terms that people use in the Netherlands's job ads (verpleegkundige, developer, monteur); English words such as developer or engineer also work on most boards.

• posted_since_days, limit and the keyword are applied the same way on every site.
• If every selected site rejects the input, the run fails so you notice.

Output

Jobs are stored in the default dataset, one item per unique job. Export them as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML. Every site uses the same field names (id is <source>:<site id>). Example (shortened):

{
    "id": "nationalevacaturebank:9f272689-f023-40db-913e-1692845f0bd2",
    "source": "nationalevacaturebank",
    "url": "https://www.nationalevacaturebank.nl/vacature/9f272689-f023-40db-913e-1692845f0bd2/verpleegkundige",
    "title": "Verpleegkundige",
    "company": "Zorgorganisatie Voorbeeld",
    "location": "Utrecht",
    "city": "Utrecht",
    "postcode": "3511AB",
    "country": "NL",
    "posted_at": "2026-10-30T23:00:00Z",
    "employment_type": ["Vast"],
    "hours_per_week_min": 32,
    "hours_per_week_max": 36,
    "education_level": "HBO",
    "description": "Over de functie…",
    "scraped_at": "2026-10-31T09:00:01Z",
    "also_on": [
        "intermediair"
    ]
}

(shortened; values are illustrative). Some sites add extra fields. employment_type is always a list of the site's own labels.

How duplicates are removed

Two jobs are the same when title, company and city match (ignoring case and accents) on different sites. The first one is kept (order: Nationale Vacaturebank, Intermediair, Jobbird) and the other sites go in also_on. Two jobs of the same site are never merged. Nationale Vacaturebank and Intermediair share a platform, so they overlap a lot.

Sorting

With Max jobs, every site gets a fair share: jobs are taken in turns from each site (each in its own newest-first order), so sites without exact dates are not pushed out. The result is then sorted newest first by posted_at; items without a date keep their site order.

What can I do with Dutch job data?

• 📈 Labour market research: compare demand for a role across cities and boards
• 🧲 Recruitment and lead generation: find companies hiring, and how many roles they have open
• 🔔 Job alerts: schedule a daily run with "posted in the last 1 day" and push new jobs to Slack or e-mail
• 🤖 AI and analysis: feed real vacancy text into your own models

Tips for best results

• Nationale Vacaturebank and Intermediair share a platform and overlap a lot; the duplicates are removed for you, so the dataset can be smaller than the sum of the sites.
• Max jobs keeps the newest jobs over all sites. Use Max jobs per site to keep the mix balanced.
• Descriptions are included for Nationale Vacaturebank and Intermediair; switch on Full details for Jobbird.
• For monitoring, schedule a daily run with Posted in the last (days) set to 1.

Frequently asked questions

Can I use Netherlands Jobs Scraper with the Apify API?

Yes. Use the Apify API or the Apify clients. Python:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("carabain-digital/netherlands-jobs").call(run_input={"keyword": "verpleegkundige", "location": "Utrecht", "posted_since_days": 7, "limit": 100})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["source"], item["title"])

Can I use Netherlands Jobs Scraper through an MCP server or with AI agents?

Yes. Add the Apify MCP server to your AI agent (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and others) and let it call carabain-digital/netherlands-jobs with call-actor. The input is small and every field has a description, so an agent can fill it from a request such as "find 20 new verpleegkundige jobs in Utrecht" (keyword, location, limit). A small run finishes in seconds; the agent then reads the dataset with get-dataset-items. Add-ons are off by default, so an agent pays only the base price unless it asks for more.

Can I integrate the data with other apps?

Yes: Make, Zapier, Google Sheets, Slack, Airbyte and webhooks, via Apify's integrations.

Why are there fewer jobs than Max jobs?

Each site returns what matches your search, duplicates across sites are removed, and sites that do not know a filter are skipped. A narrow search or a site's own ceiling can leave you with fewer.

Why does one site return nothing?

Either it has no match for your search, or it was blocked and skipped after retries. The run log lists skipped sites. If all selected sites fail, the run fails so you notice. Try again later or open an issue.

Is it legal to scrape job boards?

The Actor only collects publicly visible job ad data. Job ads can contain personal data such as a contact name, and rules such as GDPR may apply to how you store and use it. Check your use case with a lawyer. See also Is web scraping legal?

Netherlands Jobs Scraper not working? / Feedback

Open an issue in the Issues tab of this Actor with the run link and the input you used; I usually answer within a few days.

Other scrapers by us

The three single-site Actors behind this one are linked in the table above: nationale-vacaturebank-jobs, intermediair-jobs, jobbird-jobs. They are cheaper per job when you need one site only, and have site-specific filters.