Stack Overflow Jobs Scraper

Scrape Stack Overflow job listings to extract developer job market data including titles, companies, salaries, tech stacks, locations, remote options, and visa sponsorship information.

Overview

This actor crawls Stack Overflow job listings and extracts structured data for each position. It supports filtering by search terms, remote-only positions, and outputs comprehensive job details useful for market research, competitive analysis, and job aggregation platforms.

Features

• Search by multiple keywords or technologies simultaneously
• Filter for remote-only positions
• Extract salary ranges, tech stack requirements, and benefits
• Detect visa sponsorship availability
• Proxy rotation for reliable scraping
• Automatic fallback data if site blocks scraping

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchTerms	array	["typescript", "rust", "golang"]	Keywords to search for in job listings
remote	boolean	false	Filter for remote positions only
maxResults	integer	100	Maximum number of job listings to scrape
proxyCountry	string	"US"	Country code for proxy rotation

Output Format

Each result contains the following fields:

• jobTitle - Position title
• company - Hiring company name
• salary - Salary range or compensation details
• techStack - Required technologies and skills
• location - Job location
• remote - Whether remote work is available
• visaSponsorship - Whether visa sponsorship is offered
• benefits - Listed job benefits
• url - Direct link to the job posting
• scrapedAt - Timestamp of data extraction

Use Cases

This scraper is ideal for recruiters tracking developer job trends, job boards aggregating tech positions, HR teams benchmarking compensation packages, and researchers analyzing the developer job market. The tech stack data enables technology adoption trend analysis across the industry.

Limitations

Stack Overflow has restructured their jobs platform over time. The scraper handles multiple page layouts and falls back to search-based extraction when dedicated job pages are unavailable. Rate limiting and anti-bot measures may affect output volume. Use residential proxies for best results.

Cost

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing at $0.75 per 1,000 results. You only pay for the data you receive. See Apify pricing for platform compute costs.