Reed Jobs Scraper

📦 Reed-Jobs-Scraper · Apify Actor

Extract detailed job listings from Reed.co.uk with structured JSON output – ideal for job market analysis, recruitment automation, and career trend monitoring.
Built and maintained by DataWizards.

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📌 What Is Reed-Jobs-Scraper?

The Reed-Jobs-Scraper Apify Actor enables you to scrape job postings from Reed.co.uk based on specific search queries or URLs. It extracts comprehensive details like job title, company, location, salary, description, and more, without requiring manual browsing or login.

Perfect for recruiters, data analysts, career platforms, and researchers seeking actionable job market insights.

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🧠 Key Features

• ✅ Structured Job Data in JSON format
• ✅ Extracts job title, company, location, description, posted date, salary, and badges
• ✅ Supports search queries and direct URLs for flexible scraping
• ✅ Configurable item limits to control output volume
• ✅ Built-in Apify Proxy support (including residential IPs)
• ✅ Fast, lightweight, and easy to integrate into workflows

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🛠️ Input Schema

To use the actor, provide a JSON input with the following structure:

{
  "itemLimit": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  },
  "queries": [
    "https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs?keywords=python+web+developer",
    "python developer"
  ]
}

🔐 Input Parameters

• itemLimit: Maximum number of job listings to scrape (e.g., 10).
• proxyConfiguration:
  • useApifyProxy: Set to true (required for reliable scraping).
  • apifyProxyGroups: Use "RESIDENTIAL" to minimize blocking.
• queries: Array of search queries or direct Reed.co.uk job search URLs.

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📤 Output Example

The actor returns structured JSON data for each job listing:

[
  {
  "job_id": "job55829412",
  "title": "Python Developer",
  "company": "Understanding Recruitment",
  "posted_date": "26 September",
  "location": "London",
  "job_type": null,
  "job_url": "https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/python-developer/55829412?source=searchResults&filter=%2Fjobs%2Fpython-developer-jobs",
  "company_logo": "https://resources.reed.co.uk/profileimages/logos/thumbs/Logo_7454.png?w=256&q=75",
  "badges": [
    "Featured",
    "Easy Apply"
  ],
  "description": "Role: Python Software Developer Salary: Up to £180k + Exceptional Benefits + Bonus Location: London We're hiring on behalf of a leading global tech-driven organisation that's building high-performance frameworks and platforms powering business-critical systems. This is a high-impact engineering role, where you'll design, build, and optimize distributed systems and internal frameworks at scale. You'll join a world-class team where your work directly improves efficiency, performance, and innovation across the business. What you'll do: Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance software solutions in Python. Build company-wide frameworks, tools, and platforms that boost productivity and efficiency. Collaborate with developers and stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver impactful solutions. Write clean, well-tested, and documented Python code, contributing to code quality standards. Debug and resolve technical challenges across distributed systems. Stay ahead of Python ecosystems and industry best practices. The ideal candidate will have: 6+ years of professional software development experience. Strong expertise in Python (high-performance coding, frameworks, best practices). Experience with distributed systems and architectures. Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and Linux environments. Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools. Bonus: exposure to JVM-based languages (Java, Kotlin, Scala). This is a rare opportunity to contribute to the core internal frameworks of a global organisation while working alongside some of the brightest minds in engineering. If you're passionate about Python, distributed systems, and building platforms that scale, apply now!",
  "job_skills": [
    {
      "name": "Flask"
    },
    {
      "name": "Python"
    },
    {
      "name": "Django"
    },
    {
      "name": "trading"
    },
    {
      "name": "Distributed systems"
    },
    {
      "name": "FastAPI"
    }
  ],
  "salary": {
    "from": 90000.0,
    "fromPerAnnum": 90000.0,
    "to": 180000.0,
    "toPerAnnum": 180000.0,
    "type": "per annum",
    "isNegotiable": false
  },
  "job_sector": {
    "name": "Hedge Funds",
    "parentName": "Financial Services"
  }
  }
]

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🚀 Use Cases

• 📊 Job Market Analysis – Track job trends, salaries, and demand by role or region.
• 🤖 Recruitment Automation – Feed job data into hiring platforms or applicant tracking systems.
• 🔍 Career Research – Gather insights for career counseling or job search tools.
• 📈 Competitor Analysis – Monitor hiring trends of competing companies.
• 🛠️ Data Aggregation – Build datasets for labor market studies or analytics dashboards.

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✅ Best Practices

• Use Residential Proxies: Enable "RESIDENTIAL" in apifyProxyGroups for large-scale scraping to avoid blocks.
• Optimize Queries: Use specific keywords or URLs to improve result relevance.
• Limit Item Count: Set itemLimit to a reasonable value to balance speed and data volume.
• Validate Inputs: Ensure queries are valid Reed.co.uk search terms or URLs to avoid empty results.
• Rate Limiting: Space out requests to prevent throttling by Reed.co.uk.
• Data Storage: Store output JSON in a database or cloud storage for efficient analysis.

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🤝 Support

Need custom fields, specific formats, or integration assistance?

DataWizards is ready to help!

📩 Email: hello.datawizard@gmail.com
✉️ Subject: Reed-Jobs-Scraper Actor – Support Request
🔗 Connect: linkedin.com/in/data-wizards-aa8080342

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Contact us for personalized support.
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💬 Feedback & Bugs

Found a bug or have a feature request?

📧 Email: hello.datawizard@gmail.com
🛠️ Subject: Bug Report – Reed-Jobs-Scraper Actor
Or open an issue directly on Apify.

🏁 Start scraping smarter with Reed-Jobs-Scraper — your go-to tool for extracting Reed.co.uk job data like a pro.