Reed.co.uk Jobs Scraper

Search and export public UK job listings from Reed.co.uk by keyword, location, job type, date posted, or Reed search URL.

Use this Actor to collect structured Reed.co.uk job data for recruiting research, lead generation, UK labor-market analysis, salary tracking, job-board workflows, and internal dashboards. Results can be downloaded as CSV, JSON, Excel, XML, RSS, or used through the Apify Dataset API.

At a glance

• UK job search: Search Reed.co.uk by job title, skill, keyword, location, radius, job type, and posting freshness.
• Search URL reuse: Paste a Reed.co.uk search URL when you already built the right search in the browser.
• Structured rows: Export titles, companies, locations, salary text, job type, posting date, Reed job ID, and job URL.
• Description control: Include full description text when you need richer analysis, or keep runs lighter with snippets.
• API export: Send Reed job rows to spreadsheets, CRMs, BI tools, job boards, monitoring workflows, or AI agents.

Ready-to-run examples

Use these saved Store examples as starting points. Open any example to prefill the Actor input, then adjust URLs, keywords, limits, or filters for your own run.

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• View all ready-to-run examples (12 examples)

What can it do?

Reed.co.uk Jobs Scraper turns public Reed job-search results into structured dataset rows.

• Search UK roles: Enter one or more job titles, skills, or keywords.
• Filter by location: Add a UK location and search radius for regional monitoring.
• Filter by job type: Keep permanent, temporary, contract, part-time, or full-time listings.
• Track freshness: Limit keyword searches by date posted when Reed supports the filter.
• Collect canonical URLs: Save Reed job IDs and job URLs for follow-up research and deduplication.

Common workflows

• Recruiting research: Build lists of active openings by title, skill, location, employer, or recruiter.
• Sales lead generation: Find companies currently hiring for target roles and prioritize account outreach.
• Salary monitoring: Track visible salary ranges for specific job titles or UK regions.
• Regional market analysis: Compare hiring demand across cities, regions, or remote searches.
• Job-board benchmarking: Export listing metadata for market research or category analysis.
• Dashboard feeds: Schedule repeat searches and send results to BI tools or spreadsheets.

What data can you extract?

The Actor returns one dataset row per public Reed.co.uk job listing.

Field	Description
title	Job title
companyName	Hiring company or recruiter name
location	Displayed job location
salary	Salary text or range when available
jobType	Job type signals such as full-time, permanent, or contract
postedAt	Posted/display date from Reed
descriptionSnippet	Short description preview
descriptionText	Full description when enabled
jobUrl	Reed job detail URL
reedJobId	Reed job identifier
sourceQuery	Query that produced the listing when applicable
scrapedAt	Timestamp of extraction

Pricing

The Actor uses pay-per-event pricing, so cost is tied to the run and the number of saved job rows.

Event	Price	Charged when
Run start	$0.005 per run	Once when the Actor starts.
Reed job result	BRONZE $0.00005 per saved job row	Each Reed.co.uk listing saved to the dataset. This is about $0.05 per 1,000 saved jobs on BRONZE.

Use a low maxItems value for the first run, review the dataset, and then scale up. Exact live pricing is shown on the Apify Actor page before you start a run.

Input configuration

Setting	JSON key	Use it for	Example
Search queries	queries	Job titles, skills, or keywords to search on Reed.co.uk.	["software developer"]
Reed search URLs	startUrls	Reed.co.uk search URLs to scrape in addition to keyword searches.	[{"url":"https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/software-developer-jobs"}]
Location	location	Optional UK location for keyword searches.	London
Radius	radius	Search radius in miles around the selected location.	10
Date posted	datePosted	Limit keyword searches by posting date.	last7days
Job type	jobType	Filter by permanent, temporary, contract, part-time, or full-time listings.	contract
Include full description	includeDetails	Add full description text when available.	false
Maximum jobs	maxItems	Cap saved job rows and spend.	25

Example input

{
  "queries": ["software developer"],
  "location": "London",
  "radius": 10,
  "datePosted": "all",
  "jobType": "all",
  "includeDetails": false,
  "maxItems": 25
}

Example output

{
  "title": "Software Developer",
  "companyName": "Example Recruiter",
  "location": "London",
  "salary": "£45,000 - £65,000",
  "jobType": "Full-time, Permanent",
  "postedAt": "2026-06-09T16:11:30.287",
  "descriptionSnippet": "Our client is seeking an experienced Software Developer...",
  "jobUrl": "https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/software-developer/57002409",
  "reedJobId": "57002409",
  "sourceQuery": "software developer",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-29T10:00:00.000Z"
}

How to run it

1. Open the Actor on Apify.
2. Enter one or more search queries or Reed search URLs.
3. Add an optional UK location, radius, date-posted filter, or job-type filter.
4. Set maxItems to the number of listings you want to save.
5. Choose whether to include full descriptions.
6. Start the run and export the dataset.

Search tips

• Use clear role names: software developer, finance manager, or customer success usually works better than one broad word.
• Compare locations separately: Run one city or region per input when you need clean comparisons.
• Reuse browser searches: Paste startUrls when you have already configured a Reed search manually.
• Control spend: Keep maxItems small while testing and increase it after checking the result quality.
• Enable details selectively: Full descriptions are useful for keyword analysis, but snippets are faster for simple company/title lists.

Limits and caveats

• The Actor extracts publicly visible Reed.co.uk job-search data.
• It does not access private employer dashboards, applicant data, or login-gated recruiter tools.
• Salary and company fields are empty when Reed does not show them for a listing.
• Reed search filters can change, so validate important scheduled searches after changing input settings.

Integrations

You can connect Reed job data to downstream tools:

• Export CSV or Excel to spreadsheets for weekly recruiting reports.
• Send hiring-company lists to a CRM for sales or account research.
• Load JSON rows into BI tools such as Looker Studio, Power BI, or Tableau.
• Trigger Slack, email, or webhook alerts after scheduled runs.
• Combine Reed outputs with ATS and remote-job scrapers for broader market coverage.

API usage

Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('fetch_cat/reed-co-uk-jobs-scraper').call({
  queries: ['software developer'],
  location: 'London',
  maxItems: 25
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient
import os

client = ApifyClient(os.environ['APIFY_TOKEN'])
run = client.actor('fetch_cat/reed-co-uk-jobs-scraper').call(run_input={
    'queries': ['software developer'],
    'location': 'London',
    'maxItems': 25,
})
items = client.dataset(run['defaultDatasetId']).list_items().items
print(items)

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/fetch_cat~reed-co-uk-jobs-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"queries":["software developer"],"location":"London","maxItems":25}'

MCP and AI agents

This Actor can be used through the official Apify MCP server at https://mcp.apify.com.

For a focused single-Actor tool setup, use:

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=fetch_cat/reed-co-uk-jobs-scraper

Use the same JSON keys shown in the input configuration table, such as queries, startUrls, location, radius, jobType, includeDetails, and maxItems.

FAQ

Can I use this as a Reed.co.uk jobs API?

Yes. You can run the Actor through the Apify API and read results from the Dataset API.

Can I export Reed.co.uk jobs to CSV or Excel?

Yes. Apify datasets can be downloaded as CSV, JSON, Excel, XML, RSS, HTML, or accessed through the API.

Why is salary empty?

Some Reed.co.uk listings do not publish salary text or use hidden salary settings.

Why did I get fewer jobs than maxItems?

The search may have fewer matching public listings, or filters such as location, date, or job type may be too strict.

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Changelog

0.1

• Initial public release with keyword, search URL, location, radius, date, job-type, description, and maximum-result controls for public Reed.co.uk listings.

Support

If a run fails, returns no data, or a field looks wrong, open an issue from the Actor page.

Please include the Apify run ID or run URL, input JSON, one example public URL, query, or input item, what you expected, and what the dataset returned. Small reproducible inputs make parsing or site-layout issues much faster to fix.