Upwork Jobs Scraper — Freelance Listings & Monitor

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Upwork scraper for public freelance job listings (Upwork jobs scraper, Upwork job monitor). A practical Upwork API alternative: search by keyword or paste a search URL, then export title, description, fixed budget, hourly range, skills, experience level, duration, and posted time as JSON, CSV, or Excel. Fast HTTP, no headless browser, no login. Call it from Python, Node.js, cURL, or Apify MCP.

Built for freelancers and agencies who want a new-job monitor: schedule a run and save only listings that were not in the previous pull.

Actor	Focus
Upwork Jobs Scraper ◄── you are here	Freelance listings and a new-job monitor
LinkedIn Jobs Scraper	Public LinkedIn job listings
Seek Jobs Scraper	Australia and New Zealand job cards
InfoJobs Job Scraper	Spain jobs, contract, and EUR salary
APEC Jobs Scraper	France cadre jobs
Stepstone Jobs Scraper	DACH commercial job board
Arbeitsagentur Jobs Scraper	Germany public Jobsuche
Glassdoor Scraper	Employer reviews, salaries, and jobs
Naukri Jobs Scraper	India Naukri.com jobs
ZipRecruiter Jobs Scraper	United States ZipRecruiter jobs

When to use this Actor

• You need an Upwork jobs scraper that returns structured JSON without a browser
• You want keyword search, newest first, with budget, hourly range, and skills
• You run a daily or hourly monitor and only want new job ids saved
• You scrape Upwork from Python, Node.js, or an MCP assistant

When not to use this Actor

• Single job pages (/jobs/~…). Those URLs are skipped. Use a keyword or a search URL.
• Freelancer profiles, proposals, or messages. This Actor reads the public job search only.
• Client spend, hire rate, and proposal count. The anonymous search does not include those fields.

Key features

• Keyword search and Upwork search URLs (q)
• Newest-first pages, up to 50 jobs per page
• Hourly vs fixed-price, experience level, and budget filters
• Monitor mode with a named store of seen job ids
• Residential proxy on by default, because datacenter IPs often get a challenge page

Input

Field	Required	Default	Description
keyword	No	—	Search text. Empty means the newest public jobs.
searchKeywords	No	—	Extra keywords, each searched on its own.
startUrls	No	—	Search URLs. The q parameter is the keyword.
jobType	No	Any	HOURLY or FIXED.
experienceLevel	No	Any	Entry, Intermediate, or Expert.
hourlyMin / hourlyMax	No	—	USD hourly window.
fixedMin / fixedMax	No	—	USD fixed-budget window.
maxItems	No	50	Row cap across all keywords. 0 means no row cap.
maxPages	No	3	Pages per keyword.
monitorMode	No	false	Save only job ids not seen in the named store.
monitorStoreName	No	upwork-jobs-monitor	One name per watch.
resetMonitorState	No	false	Clear seen ids before this run.
proxyConfiguration	No	US residential	Leave residential on unless a direct run already works.

{
  "keyword": "python",
  "jobType": "HOURLY",
  "experienceLevel": "Expert",
  "hourlyMin": 30,
  "maxItems": 50,
  "monitorMode": true,
  "monitorStoreName": "upwork-python-watch"
}

Output

Each dataset row is one public job card.

Field	Description
jobId	Upwork job id
title	Job title
description	Public description
url	Job URL
jobType	HOURLY or FIXED
experienceLevel	Entry, Intermediate, or Expert
hourlyMin / hourlyMax	Posted hourly range in USD, when the job is hourly
fixedBudget	Posted fixed budget in USD, when the job is fixed-price
durationLabel / durationWeeks	Engagement length
skills	Skill labels
postedAt	Publish time
keyword	Search text that returned the row
scrapedAt	Time this run saved the row

{
  "jobId": "2107753753929570153",
  "title": "Python automation for a weekly report",
  "description": "Build a small Python job that pulls a spreadsheet and emails a summary.",
  "url": "https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~022107753753929570153",
  "jobType": "FIXED",
  "experienceLevel": "Expert",
  "hourlyMin": null,
  "hourlyMax": null,
  "fixedBudget": 150,
  "durationLabel": "1 to 3 months",
  "durationWeeks": 9,
  "skills": ["Python", "Automation"],
  "postedAt": "2026-10-07T08:43:52.730Z",
  "keyword": "python",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-07T09:00:00Z"
}

Use cases

• Watch a skill keyword and send new fixed-price or hourly jobs to a sheet
• Compare posted budgets for the same keyword over a week
• Feed titles, skills, and budgets into an assistant that drafts proposals
• Keep a baseline of seen ids, then schedule the Actor so later runs stay short

Integration examples

Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('crawloop/upwork-jobs-scraper').call({
  keyword: 'python',
  maxItems: 50,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items.slice(0, 5));

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient(token)
run = client.actor("crawloop/upwork-jobs-scraper").call(
    run_input={
        "keyword": "python",
        "maxItems": 50,
    }
)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item.get("title"), item.get("jobType"), item.get("fixedBudget"), item.get("url"))

cURL

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/crawloop~upwork-jobs-scraper/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"keyword":"python","maxItems":50}'

MCP and AI assistants

Use this Actor from AI tools via Apify MCP. Connect your Apify account, then call crawloop/upwork-jobs-scraper.

Example prompts:

• "Run Upwork Jobs Scraper for python, max 50, and return title, jobType, fixedBudget, hourlyMin, skills, and url as JSON"
• "Monitor new Upwork logo design jobs with monitorMode on and monitorStoreName upwork-logo-watch"
• "Pull Upwork expert hourly jobs for React, then run Glassdoor Scraper for a company named in the description"

Suite next step

This Actor covers public Upwork job cards and a new-job monitor. For the same skill on public employment postings, run LinkedIn Jobs Scraper. When a description names an employer you want to research, run Glassdoor Scraper. For country job boards, continue with Seek Jobs Scraper or InfoJobs Job Scraper.

FAQ

Is this an official Upwork API? No. It reads the public visitor job search. You do not log in and you do not need Upwork developer credentials.

Can I paste a search URL? Yes. startUrls reads the q parameter. Individual /jobs/~ pages are skipped.

What does monitor mode do? Seen job ids are stored in a named Key-Value store. The first run is the baseline. Later scheduled runs save only ids that were not seen before, and stop when a newest-first page is already known. Use one monitorStoreName per watch.

Why is a residential proxy on? Datacenter addresses often receive a challenge page instead of the visitor token. Leave residential on. Turn it off only after a direct run succeeds.

Are client spend and proposal counts included? No. The anonymous search returns the job card: title, description, budget or hourly range, skills, experience, duration, and posted time.

Can I export JSON, CSV, or Excel? Yes. Every run writes a dataset you can download as JSON, CSV, or Excel, or pull with the Apify API.

Related Actors

Actor	Focus
Upwork Jobs Scraper ◄── you are here	Freelance listings and a new-job monitor
LinkedIn Jobs Scraper	Public LinkedIn job listings
Seek Jobs Scraper	Australia and New Zealand jobs
InfoJobs Job Scraper	Spain jobs
Glassdoor Scraper	Employer reviews, salaries, and jobs
ZipRecruiter Jobs Scraper	United States jobs