Gradcracker Jobs Scraper

Scrape Gradcracker jobs and extract structured UK graduate job data with the Gradcracker Jobs Scraper. Get job titles, employers, salaries, locations, degree requirements, disciplines, deadlines, start dates, full job descriptions, and application links from Gradcracker.com.

Built for graduate job aggregators, job search tools, recruitment research, career platforms, data analysis, and automated job monitoring.

What can you scrape from Gradcracker?

The Gradcracker Jobs Scraper extracts detailed information from graduate job listings, including:

• Job title
• Employer
• Gradcracker job ID
• Job URL
• Employer profile URL
• Application link
• Degree disciplines
• Salary
• UK location
• Degree requirements
• Start date
• Application deadline
• Full job description

Each Gradcracker job is returned as one structured item in the Apify dataset.

Why use this Gradcracker scraper?

Use this Actor when you need structured Gradcracker graduate job data without manually browsing and copying individual listings.

Common use cases include:

• Building a UK graduate jobs aggregator
• Monitoring new graduate jobs and graduate schemes
• Collecting STEM, engineering, software, technology, and data jobs
• Comparing graduate salaries and locations
• Tracking employers recruiting graduates
• Feeding graduate job data into your own application or database
• Running scheduled Gradcracker job searches
• Analysing graduate recruitment trends
• Creating alerts for new graduate opportunities

The Actor can be run manually in Apify Console, on a schedule, or through the Apify API.

Gradcracker job data example

The Actor writes one item per job to the default dataset:

{
  "source": "gradcracker",
  "sourceJobId": "82285",
  "title": "Technology Graduate Programme",
  "employer": "Capital One",
  "jobUrl": "https://www.gradcracker.com/hub/766/capital-one/graduate-job/82285/technology-graduate-programme",
  "employerUrl": "https://www.gradcracker.com/hub/766/capital-one",
  "applicationLink": "https://www.gradcracker.com/out/766/82285/example",
  "disciplines": "IT, Computing, Software, Systems, Data, AI.",
  "salary": "£46,500 (Nottingham)/£55,500 (London) plus a £5,000 joining bonus",
  "location": "London (Hybrid)",
  "degreeRequired": "Bachelor's",
  "starting": "September 2027",
  "deadline": "30 September 2026",
  "jobDescription": "Full graduate job description..."
}

Fields that are unavailable on a particular Gradcracker listing are omitted.

jobUrl contains the canonical Gradcracker job detail page.

applicationLink contains the application or outbound URL exposed by the listing.

How to scrape Gradcracker jobs

1. Choose graduate job categories

Add one or more Gradcracker role/category slugs.

For example:

{
  "searchTerms": [
    "web-development",
    "software-systems"
  ]
}

2. Choose UK regions

You can search across any combination of the supported Gradcracker regions:

• London and South East
• North West
• Yorkshire
• East Midlands
• West Midlands
• South West

3. Set the maximum number of jobs

Choose how many unique Gradcracker jobs should be collected for each role.

4. Run the Actor

Results are written directly to the default Apify dataset and can be exported as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or other supported formats.

Gradcracker Jobs Scraper input

Example input:

{
  "searchTerms": ["web-development", "software-systems"],
  "regions": ["london-and-south-east", "north-west"],
  "maxResultsPerTerm": 50,
  "detailConcurrency": 2,
  "requestDelayMs": 1000
}

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchTerms	string[]	web-development, software-systems	Gradcracker role or category slugs
regions	string[]	All supported regions	UK regions to search
maxResultsPerTerm	integer	50	Maximum unique jobs per role across selected regions
detailConcurrency	integer	2	Number of job detail pages fetched concurrently
requestDelayMs	integer	1000	Minimum delay between HTTP request starts

maxResultsPerTerm supports values from 1 to 200.

Advanced concurrency and request-delay controls are available for users who need to tune scraping behaviour.

Gradcracker graduate job regions

The Actor currently supports these Gradcracker region slugs:

london-and-south-east
north-west
yorkshire
east-midlands
west-midlands
south-west

You can combine multiple regions in a single run.

Scrape Gradcracker with the Apify API

Every Actor can be called programmatically through the Apify API.

This makes the Gradcracker scraper suitable for:

• Job search applications
• ETL and data pipelines
• Scheduled graduate job monitoring
• Recruitment intelligence tools
• AI agents and workflows
• Internal databases
• Job notification systems

Run the Actor with your desired search terms and regions, then retrieve the resulting jobs from the default dataset.

Export Gradcracker job data

After a run finishes, the collected graduate jobs are available in the Apify dataset.

You can use the results directly in Apify or export them for processing in your own systems.

Typical downstream workflows include:

Gradcracker
    ↓
Gradcracker Jobs Scraper
    ↓
Structured Apify dataset
    ↓
Database / job aggregator / analytics / alerts / AI workflow

Reliability and request pacing

The scraper includes configurable request pacing and conservative concurrency limits.

Defaults:

• Detail concurrency: 2
• Request delay: 1000 ms
• Maximum concurrency: 4
• Maximum results per role: 200

Clearance state exists only for the current Actor run.

Concurrent Cloudflare challenges share a single browser clearance attempt where possible.

A legitimate Gradcracker search with no matching jobs returns a successful empty dataset.

Gradcracker Jobs Scraper output

The Actor exposes two outputs:

Graduate jobs

Structured Gradcracker job listings stored in the default dataset.

Each result can include:

title
employer
jobUrl
employerUrl
applicationLink
disciplines
salary
location
degreeRequired
starting
deadline
jobDescription

Run summary

A summary of the scrape run is stored in the default key-value store under OUTPUT.

It includes information such as:

• Result count
• Search terms
• Regions
• Failed pages

Frequently asked questions

Can I scrape Gradcracker jobs?

This Actor extracts publicly accessible Gradcracker job listings into structured data. You are responsible for ensuring that your use of the data complies with Gradcracker's terms and applicable laws.

Does the scraper return full Gradcracker job descriptions?

Yes. When available, jobDescription contains the job description extracted from the Gradcracker detail page.

Can I get Gradcracker application links?

Yes. When a listing exposes an outbound application URL, it is returned in applicationLink.

Can I scrape Gradcracker jobs by region?

Yes. You can select one or multiple supported UK regions in the Actor input.

Can I scrape specific types of graduate jobs?

Yes. Use Gradcracker role/category slugs in searchTerms, such as web-development or software-systems.

Can I schedule Gradcracker scraping?

Yes. You can use Apify schedules to run the Actor automatically and periodically collect fresh graduate job listings.

Can I use the Gradcracker scraper through an API?

Yes. The Actor can be started through the Apify API and its dataset results can also be retrieved programmatically.

Does the Actor handle Cloudflare?

It includes an automatic Camoufox browser fallback for supported Cloudflare browser challenges. Normal requests remain HTTP-based to reduce unnecessary browser overhead.

Data use

Before using Gradcracker data commercially or redistributing extracted content, confirm that your intended use complies with the website's terms and applicable law.

Where appropriate, prefer storing structured job metadata and source links rather than republishing third-party content.