SEEK Jobs Scraper

Extract public job listings from SEEK search results in Australia and New Zealand. The actor saves structured job data such as title, company, location, salary text, classification, job URL, and source search metadata.

Value proposition / what it does

SEEK Jobs Scraper turns SEEK search pages into structured datasets for recruiting, labor-market analysis, and automation. What data it returns: job titles, companies, locations, salary text, classifications, job URLs, and source search metadata.

• Searches SEEK Australia or SEEK New Zealand by keyword and location.
• Accepts one search, multiple keyword/location searches, or direct SEEK search URLs.
• Returns clean dataset items for job market research, lead sourcing, recruitment analytics, and role monitoring.
• Stops at your maxItems limit to keep runs predictable.

Who uses it and use cases

Recruiters, hiring teams, labor-market researchers, sales teams, and automation builders use this actor to monitor role demand, collect hiring leads, and feed job listings into spreadsheets, CRMs, or AI workflows.

Input example

{
  "query": "software engineer",
  "location": "Sydney",
  "country": "au",
  "maxItems": 10
}

Multiple searches

{
  "queries": [
    { "query": "software engineer", "location": "Sydney", "country": "au" },
    { "query": "accountant", "location": "Auckland", "country": "nz" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 20
}

Input settings

Field	Type	Description
query	string	Keyword or phrase to search for when queries is not provided.
location	string	City, region, or suburb, such as Sydney or Auckland.
country	string	SEEK site: au for Australia or nz for New Zealand.
queries	array	Optional list of searches or direct SEEK search URLs. Overrides the single search fields.
maxItems	integer	Maximum number of job listings to save, from 1 to 50.

Output example

{
  "jobId": "123456789",
  "url": "https://www.seek.com.au/job/123456789",
  "title": "Software Engineer",
  "companyName": "Example Company",
  "location": "Sydney NSW",
  "salaryText": "$120k - $140k",
  "classification": "Information & Communication Technology",
  "shortDescription": "Build and maintain production systems...",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.seek.com.au/jobs?keywords=software+engineer&where=Sydney",
  "sourceQuery": "software engineer",
  "sourceLocation": "Sydney",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-15T08:37:26.614Z"
}

Output fields

Field	Description
jobId	SEEK job identifier when available.
url	Canonical job listing URL.
title	Job title.
companyName	Hiring company name when shown.
location	Listing location text.
salaryText	Salary or pay range text when shown.
classification	SEEK classification/category when shown.
shortDescription	Short listing description or preview text.
sourceUrl	Search URL used to collect the item.
sourceQuery	Keyword used for the source search.
sourceLocation	Location used for the source search.
scrapedAt	ISO timestamp when the item was saved.

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing. Each run has a start event and a per-item event for each saved job listing.

Event	Free	Bronze	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Run start	$0.035	$0.035	$0.035	$0.035	$0.035	$0.035
Saved job item	$0.0041175	$0.0035804	$0.0027927	$0.0021482	$0.0014322	$0.0010025

The exact price for your account is shown on the actor pricing tab before you run it.

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/seek-jobs-scraper').call({
  query: 'software engineer',
  location: 'Sydney',
  country: 'au',
  maxItems: 10,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient('YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN')
run = client.actor('fetch_cat/seek-jobs-scraper').call(run_input={
    'query': 'software engineer',
    'location': 'Sydney',
    'country': 'au',
    'maxItems': 10,
})
items = client.dataset(run['defaultDatasetId']).list_items().items
print(items)

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/fetch_cat~seek-jobs-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"query":"software engineer","location":"Sydney","country":"au","maxItems":10}'

MCP and AI agents

Use this actor from Apify MCP or other AI-agent tools when you need fresh SEEK job listings as structured data. Provide a concise keyword, location, country, and max item limit to keep responses focused.

Claude CLI add command

$claude mcp add apify -- npx -y @apify/actors-mcp-server --actors fetch_cat/seek-jobs-scraper

JSON config block

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@apify/actors-mcp-server", "--actors", "fetch_cat/seek-jobs-scraper"],
      "env": { "APIFY_TOKEN": "YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" }
    }
  }
}

Example prompts

• "Find recent software engineer jobs in Sydney on SEEK and summarize the hiring companies."
• "Collect 10 accountant roles in Auckland from SEEK and return title, company, location, and URL."
• "Monitor SEEK for data analyst roles in Melbourne and save the dataset for spreadsheet export."

Input recipes

• Sydney software hiring: query="software engineer", location="Sydney", country="au".
• Auckland finance roles: query="accountant", location="Auckland", country="nz".
• Multi-city monitoring: use queries with several keyword/location objects and one shared maxItems cap.

FAQ

Can I scrape both Australia and New Zealand? Yes. Set country to au or nz, or provide per-search country values in queries.

Why are some fields null? SEEK does not show every field on every listing. Missing salary, classification, or company values are returned as null.

Can I use direct SEEK search URLs? Yes. Add objects with a url field inside queries.

Related Actors

• Google Jobs Scraper
• LinkedIn Jobs Scraper
• Greenhouse Jobs Scraper
• Lever Jobs Scraper

Support

If a run does not return the jobs you expected, include the run ID or run URL, the input JSON, expected output, actual output, and a reproducible public URL such as https://www.seek.com.au/jobs?keywords=software+engineer&where=Sydney when contacting support.