SEEK Jobs Scraper — Australia & NZ Listings with Salary, Super & Visa Sponsorship

Extract live job listings from seek.com.au and seek.co.nz with structured salary parsing, superannuation detection, visa sponsorship signals, and full classification data. The most complete SEEK scraper on Apify — no login, no browser, no residential proxy required.

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Quick Start

{
    "country": "au",
    "keyword": "software engineer",
    "location": "sydney",
    "maxRecords": 100
}

👉 100 Sydney software engineer jobs in ~30 seconds. Salary, super, visa sponsorship included.

3 Input Modes

Mode	Input	Best For
Keyword + Location	keyword, location, country	Targeted job searches
Start URLs	startUrls: paste SEEK search URLs	Pre-filtered results, multi-city fan-out
Direct Job URLs	startUrls: paste SEEK job URLs	Enrich known listings with detail data

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What Makes This Different

Structured Salary Parsing

SEEK displays salary as free-form text. This actor normalizes it:

• salaryMin / salaryMax — numeric bounds extracted from text ($120k–$150k → 120000 / 150000)
• salaryPeriod — annual, hourly, daily, or monthly
• salaryHasSuper — true if salary is plus/inclusive of superannuation (11.5% SG in Australia)
• salaryRaw — original text string preserved

Visa Sponsorship Detection

Three-tier keyword cascade from job descriptions:

Level	Example Triggers
explicit_sponsorship	482 visa, will sponsor, sponsorship provided
open_to_sponsorship	may consider sponsorship, PR pathway, international candidates
no_sponsorship	Australian citizens only, must hold a valid visa

Resilient Architecture

SEEK is a Next.js app that rotates its __NEXT_DATA__ JSON schema. This actor tries five internal data paths plus a DOM fallback parser — so it survives SEEK's frequent structure changes without breaking.

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Data Fields

Core Listing Fields

Field	Type	Description
jobId	string	SEEK job identifier
title	string	Job title
company	string	Employer or agency name
listingUrl	string	Job detail URL on SEEK
listedAt	string	Posting age (e.g. 2d ago)
isFeatured	boolean	Premium/featured listing
agentName	string	Recruiter name (if via agency)

Location

Field	Type	Description
location	string	Raw location string
city	string	Parsed city
state	string	AU state code (NSW/VIC/QLD/WA/SA/TAS/ACT/NT) — null for NZ
postcode	string	4-digit AU postcode

Classification

Field	Type	Description
classification	string	Top-level industry (e.g. Information & Communication Technology)
subClassification	string	Second-level taxonomy (e.g. Developers/Programmers)
workType	string	Full time / Part time / Contract/Temp / Casual
workArrangement	string	On-site / Hybrid / Remote

Compensation

Field	Type	Description
salaryRaw	string	Original salary text
salaryMin	number	Lower bound in dollars
salaryMax	number	Upper bound in dollars
salaryPeriod	string	annual / hourly / daily / monthly
salaryHasSuper	boolean	true if plus/inclusive of super, false if excluded, null if silent

Detail Enrichment (scrapeDetails: true)

Field	Type	Description
visaSponsorship	string	explicit_sponsorship / open_to_sponsorship / no_sponsorship
description	string	Full job description (HTML stripped)
bullets	array	Listing card bullet points
skills	array	Structured skills list
screeningQuestions	array	Pre-screening questions
scrapedAt	string	ISO-8601 scrape timestamp

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Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
country	select	au	au (seek.com.au) or nz (seek.co.nz)
keyword	string	—	Job title or keyword. Spaces become hyphens in URL
location	string	—	City, state, region, or remote. Empty = nationwide
startUrls	array	[]	SEEK search or job URLs. Overrides keyword/location
workType	select	all	full-time / part-time / contract / casual
workArrangement	select	all	onsite / hybrid / remote (post-filtered)
dateRange	select	0	Only last N days: 0=all, 1, 3, 7, 14, 31
scrapeDetails	boolean	false	Visit each job detail page for full description, skills, visa detection
maxRecords	integer	0	Maximum jobs. 0=unlimited. SEEK caps ~550 per search facet
maxPages	integer	0	Maximum result pages. 0=unlimited. ~22 jobs per page
requestDelay	integer	1000	Milliseconds between requests. 1000-2000ms recommended
proxyConfiguration	proxy	Datacenter ON	Datacenter proxy is sufficient — residential NOT required

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Example Output

{
    "jobId": "78234511",
    "title": "Senior Software Engineer (Backend Go/Rust)",
    "company": "Atlassian",
    "location": "Sydney NSW",
    "city": "Sydney",
    "state": "NSW",
    "postcode": "2000",
    "classification": "Information & Communication Technology",
    "subClassification": "Developers/Programmers",
    "workType": "Full time",
    "workArrangement": "Hybrid",
    "salaryRaw": "$170,000 – $200,000 + super",
    "salaryMin": 170000,
    "salaryMax": 200000,
    "salaryPeriod": "annual",
    "salaryHasSuper": true,
    "visaSponsorship": "explicit_sponsorship",
    "bullets": [
        "Greenfield platform team",
        "Hybrid: 2 days in Sydney CBD office",
        "Visa sponsorship available for the right candidate"
    ],
    "description": "We're hiring a senior backend engineer to join our platform team in Sydney…",
    "skills": ["Go", "Rust", "PostgreSQL", "Kafka", "AWS"],
    "isFeatured": true,
    "listingUrl": "https://au.seek.com/job/78234511",
    "listedAt": "2d ago",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-06-22T03:14:22.481Z"
}

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Use Cases

Recruitment & Talent Intelligence

Build live talent-pool maps by city × classification. Benchmark posting velocity. Track competitor hiring strategy — when companies shift to remote-first, SEEK postings reflect it within days.

Compensation Benchmarking

Price open roles against live market medians by classification, city, and seniority. Model super-inclusive vs exclusive compensation. Quantify remote-pay premiums by comparing on-site vs remote salary distributions.

Visa & Immigration Research

Identify Subclass 482/TSS/186 sponsor employers by filtering visaSponsorship: explicit_sponsorship. Build sponsor lists by occupation. Demonstrate genuine market demand for skilled-migration visa applications.

Workforce Planning

Quantify skills gaps by counting openings vs estimated supply. Map regional demand heatmaps. Track classification rotation year-over-year. Power workforce-planning dashboards for government skills initiatives.

Sales & B2B Lead Generation

Identify companies actively hiring for buyer-persona roles. Enrich CRM with current hiring-volume signals. Time outreach to companies posting 5+ roles per month.

Equity Research & Macro Signals

Use job-posting velocity as a high-frequency leading indicator for corporate earnings. Track sector contraction/expansion ahead of ASX-listed tech prints. Build cross-sector hiring indices.

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Example Recipes

All Sydney tech jobs posted this week

{
    "country": "au",
    "keyword": "software engineer",
    "location": "sydney",
    "workType": "full-time",
    "dateRange": "7",
    "scrapeDetails": true,
    "maxRecords": 200
}

Every visa-sponsorship role across NSW

{
    "country": "au",
    "keyword": "",
    "location": "all-nsw",
    "scrapeDetails": true,
    "maxRecords": 500
}

Then filter: items.filter(j => j.visaSponsorship === 'explicit_sponsorship')

NZ registered nurse market scan

{
    "country": "nz",
    "keyword": "registered nurse",
    "location": "",
    "workType": "full-time",
    "dateRange": "31",
    "scrapeDetails": true
}

Contract/day-rate roles only

{
    "country": "au",
    "keyword": "project manager",
    "location": "all-vic",
    "workType": "contract",
    "dateRange": "7"
}

Then filter: items.filter(j => j.salaryPeriod === 'daily')

Multi-city fan-out via Start URLs

{
    "startUrls": [
        "https://au.seek.com/jobs/in-sydney?classification=6281",
        "https://au.seek.com/jobs/in-melbourne?classification=6281",
        "https://au.seek.com/jobs/in-brisbane?classification=6281"
    ],
    "scrapeDetails": false,
    "maxRecords": 0
}

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Integration

JavaScript / TypeScript

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('haketa/seek-scraper').call({
    country: 'au', keyword: 'data engineer', location: 'melbourne',
    scrapeDetails: true, maxRecords: 200,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient(token='YOUR_TOKEN')
run = client.actor('haketa/seek-scraper').call(run_input={
    'country': 'au', 'keyword': 'data engineer', 'location': 'melbourne',
    'scrapeDetails': True, 'maxRecords': 200,
})
for job in client.dataset(run['defaultDatasetId']).iterate_items():
    print(job['title'], '|', job['company'], '|', f"${job.get('salaryMin',0):,.0f}")

CLI

apify call haketa/seek-scraper \
    --input '{"country":"au","keyword":"software engineer","location":"sydney","maxRecords":100}'

Google Sheets / Make / Zapier / n8n

Use Apify's native integrations to schedule daily runs → auto-save to Google Sheets or trigger Slack notifications for new sponsored roles.

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Performance

Mode	Speed	Memory	Proxy
Search only (scrapeDetails: false)	~50 jobs/sec	128 MB	Datacenter OK
Search + details (scrapeDetails: true)	~5-8 jobs/sec	256 MB	Datacenter OK
Direct job URLs	~5-8 jobs/sec	256 MB	Datacenter OK

Typical cost: 500 listings with detail pages = ~8-15 minutes, under $0.10 in Apify credits.

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AU State Reference

Code	State
NSW	New South Wales
VIC	Victoria
QLD	Queensland
WA	Western Australia
SA	South Australia
TAS	Tasmania
ACT	Australian Capital Territory
NT	Northern Territory

NZ listings return state: null — use city for regional segmentation.

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FAQ

Do I need a SEEK login or API key? No. SEEK search and detail pages are publicly accessible. You only need an Apify account.

Does SEEK block scrapers? SEEK occasionally returns 429 rate-limits. The actor handles these with exponential backoff and session rotation. Residential proxies are NOT required — datacenter is sufficient.

How many results can I get per search? SEEK caps at ~550 results per search facet (~22 jobs/page × 25 pages). For larger datasets, fan out across multiple cities or classifications.

What's the difference between salaryHasSuper values? true = salary includes or is plus superannuation. false = explicitly excludes super. null = silent on super. For total-comp in AU, multiply base by 1.115 when super is excluded.

Can I search both AU and NZ in one run? Use startUrls with URLs from both domains. Or run twice (au + nz) and merge datasets.

Does scrapeDetails: true slow things down? Yes — each detail page requires its own HTTP request. 500 listings: ~30 seconds without details, ~8-15 minutes with. Only enable it when you need full descriptions, skills, or visa-sponsorship detection.

What formats can I export? JSON, CSV, Excel (XLSX), HTML, XML, RSS — all from the Apify dataset view. API also supports JSON Lines for streaming.

Can I schedule this to run automatically? Yes — Apify Scheduler with any cron expression. Daily 8am AEST is common for recruitment dashboards.

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Legal & Responsible Use

This actor extracts publicly available job postings from SEEK. It does NOT scrape candidate profiles, résumés, or any personal information. Users are responsible for complying with SEEK's Terms of Service and applicable privacy laws (Australian Privacy Act, NZ Privacy Act, GDPR). Data is intended for legitimate business intelligence, market research, and talent analytics.

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The most reliable SEEK scraper on Apify — structured salary + super parsing, visa sponsorship detection, and full classification data for Australia and New Zealand.