# Reed.co.uk Jobs Scraper — UK Job Listings Data API (`fervent_bus/reed-uk-jobs-scraper`) Actor

Scrape job listings from Reed.co.uk, the UK's leading job board with 14M+ monthly visits. Extract job titles, companies, salaries, locations. Perfect for recruitment intelligence, job market analysis, and AI agents. Works with Claude, ChatGPT, and AI agents via Apify MCP.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/fervent\_bus/reed-uk-jobs-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Archit Khurana](https://apify.com/fervent_bus) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Reed.co.uk Jobs Scraper — UK Job Listings API for AI Agents

Extract structured job data from Reed.co.uk, the UK's leading job board with 14+ million monthly visits and 170 million annual visits. Get job titles, companies, salaries, locations, descriptions, and posting dates in seconds.

### 🎯 Built for AI Agents & Automation

This actor is optimized for Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI agents connecting to Apify via MCP (Model Context Protocol). Ask your AI agent to "find software engineering jobs in London" and it will use this scraper to get you real-time data.

### ✨ What You Get

Structured JSON data for every job listing:

- **Title**: Job position name
- **Company**: Employer name
- **Location**: City/region
- **Salary**: Compensation range (when available)
- **Posted Date**: When the job was listed
- **Description**: Job summary
- **URL**: Direct link to full listing
- **Scraped At**: ISO timestamp

### 📊 Use Cases

- **Recruitment Intelligence**: Monitor competitor hiring, salary trends, skill demand
- **Job Market Analysis**: Track employment patterns by location, industry, role
- **Lead Generation**: Find companies actively hiring for specific roles
- **Research & Analytics**: Study UK job market dynamics, salary benchmarks
- **AI Agent Integration**: Empower Claude/ChatGPT to answer "find me jobs in X"

### 🚀 Example Input

```json
{
  "searchKeyword": "software engineer",
  "location": "London",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "GB"
  }
}
```

### 📦 Example Output

```json
{
  "title": "Senior Software Engineer",
  "company": "Tech Company Ltd",
  "location": "London",
  "salary": "£60,000 - £80,000 per annum",
  "postedDate": "Posted today",
  "description": "Join our team building next-generation cloud platforms...",
  "url": "https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/senior-software-engineer/12345",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-18T16:30:00.000Z"
}
```

### 🤖 Works With

- **Claude** (Anthropic) via Apify MCP
- **ChatGPT** (OpenAI) via Apify integration
- **AI Agents** using Apify API
- **Zapier**, **Make.com**, **n8n** automation workflows
- Any tool with REST API access

### 🏷️ SEO Keywords

This actor ranks for:

- "reed.co.uk scraper"
- "UK job listings API"
- "scrape reed jobs"
- "UK job board data extraction"
- "recruitment data scraper UK"
- "reed.co.uk job data"
- "UK job market intelligence"
- "AI agent job search UK"

### 💡 Why Use This Actor?

- **Zero competition**: Only actor with <200 users in Reed.co.uk space
- **High-quality data**: 14M+ monthly visits = always fresh listings
- **No bot protection**: Clean, reliable extraction
- **AI-first**: Built specifically for Claude/ChatGPT MCP integration
- **Flexible**: Filter by keyword, location, adjust result count

### 📈 Reed.co.uk Stats

- **170M visits/year** (14.4M/month average)
- **3M+ unique visitors** monthly
- UK's top independent job board
- Covers all industries and experience levels

### 🔧 Configuration

| Field | Type | Description | Default |
|-------|------|-------------|---------|
| searchKeyword | string | Job search term | "" (all jobs) |
| location | string | Location filter | "" (UK-wide) |
| maxResults | integer | Max jobs to scrape | 50 |
| proxyConfiguration | object | Proxy settings | RESIDENTIAL, GB |

### 💰 Pricing

- **$0.005 per result** scraped
- **$0.05 actor start fee** per run
- Example: 100 jobs = $0.05 + (100 × $0.005) = **$0.55 total**

### 🔗 Related Actors

Looking for other job boards? Check out:

- Indeed UK Scraper
- LinkedIn Jobs Scraper
- TotalJobs Scraper
- CV-Library Scraper

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**Tags**: reed, jobs, UK, recruitment, hiring, job-board, scraper, AI-agent, MCP, Claude, ChatGPT, lead-generation

# Actor input Schema

## `searchKeyword` (type: `string`):

Job keyword to search (e.g., 'software engineer', 'marketing manager')

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

Job location (e.g., 'London', 'Manchester', 'Remote')

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of jobs to scrape

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings for the scraper

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchKeyword": "python developer",
  "location": "London",
  "maxResults": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "GB"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `title` (type: `string`):

Job position title

## `company` (type: `string`):

Employer name

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

Job location

## `salary` (type: `string`):

Salary range if listed

## `description` (type: `string`):

Job description

## `url` (type: `string`):

Job posting URL

## `scrapedAt` (type: `string`):

Timestamp

# 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 = {
    "searchKeyword": "software engineer",
    "location": "London",
    "maxResults": 10,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "GB"
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("fervent_bus/reed-uk-jobs-scraper").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 = {
    "searchKeyword": "software engineer",
    "location": "London",
    "maxResults": 10,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "GB",
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("fervent_bus/reed-uk-jobs-scraper").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 '{
  "searchKeyword": "software engineer",
  "location": "London",
  "maxResults": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "GB"
  }
}' |
apify call fervent_bus/reed-uk-jobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,fervent_bus/reed-uk-jobs-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

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/ZnYPDsSn1kfrYKQ1q/builds/NMyxGYS7GSHq8QGRO/openapi.json