# Totaljobs UK Vacancy Finder by Keyword, Area & Pay (`dataspryva/totaljobs-uk-vacancy-finder-by-keyword-area`) Actor

Finds live UK vacancies on Totaljobs by job title and city, by browsing a whole region, or by salary band, returning title, company, salary, location and application link.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/dataspryva/totaljobs-uk-vacancy-finder-by-keyword-area.md
- **Developed by:** [Dataspryva](https://apify.com/dataspryva) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Lead generation, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.49 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Totaljobs UK Vacancy Finder by Keyword, Area & Pay

Totaljobs is one of the UK's largest job boards, listing vacancies across every industry and region. This actor pulls live job postings from Totaljobs by keyword, by browsing a specific city or region, or by a salary band, and returns structured listing data you can filter, sort, or load straight into a spreadsheet.

### What this actor does

- Searches Totaljobs by job title or keyword combined with a UK city or region.
- Browses every current listing in a chosen location without needing a keyword.
- Filters results to a minimum and/or maximum annual salary in GBP.
- Narrows results further by employment type (permanent, contract, temporary, and more).
- Paginates automatically through search results until it reaches your requested item count.
- Fields Totaljobs doesn't show for a given listing are left out of that record rather than returned blank.

### Output per job

- `jobId` — Totaljobs' internal identifier for the listing
- `title` — job title as posted
- `company` — employer name
- `location` — job location as shown on the listing
- `salary` — salary or salary range as published (e.g. `£45,000 - £55,000`)
- `jobType` — employment type shown on the listing
- `description` — job description text available from the listing
- `postedDate` — date the vacancy was posted
- `applicationUrl` — link to apply for the role
- `jobUrl` — direct link to the Totaljobs listing
- `recordType` — always `job`
- `scrapedAt` — ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `mode` | String (select) | `searchJobs` | `searchJobs` (keyword + location search), `searchByLocation` (browse every listing in a location, ignoring keyword/salary/job type), or `searchBySalary` (keyword + location search filtered by salary — behaves the same as `searchJobs` with a salary range set). |
| `keyword` | String | `software developer` | Job title or keyword. Used by `searchJobs` and `searchBySalary`; ignored by `searchByLocation`. |
| `location` | String | `London` | UK city or region, e.g. London, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh. |
| `salaryMin` | Integer | – | Minimum annual salary in GBP. |
| `salaryMax` | Integer | – | Maximum annual salary in GBP. |
| `jobType` | String (select) | – | One of `permanent`, `contract`, `temporary`, `part-time`, `full-time`, `internship`, `apprenticeship`. |
| `maxItems` | Integer | 20 | Maximum number of job listings to return (1-500). |

#### Example: keyword search in a city

```json
{
  "mode": "searchJobs",
  "keyword": "software developer",
  "location": "London",
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

#### Example: browse everything open in a region

```json
{
  "mode": "searchByLocation",
  "location": "Manchester",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

#### Example: salary-banded search with job type

```json
{
  "mode": "searchBySalary",
  "keyword": "project manager",
  "location": "Birmingham",
  "salaryMin": 40000,
  "salaryMax": 60000,
  "jobType": "permanent",
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

### Use cases

- **Job seekers** — pull every current vacancy matching a title and city into one list to review outside the Totaljobs site.
- **Salary benchmarking** — compare published salary ranges for a role across UK regions.
- **Recruitment agencies** — monitor which employers are actively hiring for specific roles and locations.
- **Local labour market research** — browse a whole city's open vacancies with `searchByLocation` to gauge hiring activity by sector.
- **Compensation analysts** — use `salaryMin`/`salaryMax` to pull only roles inside a target pay band.

### FAQ

**What's the difference between `searchJobs` and `searchBySalary`?**
They run the same keyword-and-location search; `searchBySalary` is just a clearer name to use when your main filter is `salaryMin`/`salaryMax`. Either mode applies salary filters the same way.

**Does `searchByLocation` use the `keyword` field?**
No — it browses every listing posted in the given location and ignores `keyword`, `salaryMin`/`salaryMax`, and `jobType`.

**Why is `salary` sometimes missing from a record?**
Not every employer publishes a salary on Totaljobs. When a listing doesn't show one, the `salary` field is left off that record.

**Why is `description` sometimes short?**
The description comes from what's shown on the listing itself; some employers post brief summaries while others include full role details.

**How many jobs can one run return?**
Up to 500 per run, set with `maxItems`. The actor pages through search results automatically until it reaches that number or runs out of listings.

**Is salary filtering exact?**
`salaryMin` and `salaryMax` are passed to Totaljobs' own search filters, so results reflect how Totaljobs itself matches salary ranges to listings.

**Is this affiliated with Totaljobs?**
No. This actor reads publicly available Totaljobs listing pages and has no affiliation with Totaljobs or the StepStone Group.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

What to fetch from Totaljobs.

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Job title or keyword to search for.

## `location` (type: `string`):

UK city or region (e.g. London, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh).

## `salaryMin` (type: `integer`):

Minimum annual salary in GBP.

## `salaryMax` (type: `integer`):

Maximum annual salary in GBP.

## `jobType` (type: `string`):

Filter by employment type.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of jobs to return.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "searchJobs",
  "keyword": "software developer",
  "location": "London",
  "maxItems": 20
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `jobs` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing all scraped Totaljobs job listings.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "mode": "searchJobs",
    "keyword": "software developer",
    "location": "London",
    "maxItems": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("dataspryva/totaljobs-uk-vacancy-finder-by-keyword-area").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "mode": "searchJobs",
    "keyword": "software developer",
    "location": "London",
    "maxItems": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("dataspryva/totaljobs-uk-vacancy-finder-by-keyword-area").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "mode": "searchJobs",
  "keyword": "software developer",
  "location": "London",
  "maxItems": 20
}' |
apify call dataspryva/totaljobs-uk-vacancy-finder-by-keyword-area --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,dataspryva/totaljobs-uk-vacancy-finder-by-keyword-area"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/oa2Q6nW8vIp072JMx/builds/T7ALdIKtHCmW4gaCO/openapi.json