# Upwork Jobs Search Scraper (`jobsapi/upwork-jobs-search-scraper`) Actor Scrape freelance and contract job listings from Upwork. Extract job titles, client info, budget ranges, skills required, experience levels, and project types for freelance marketplace analysis and recruitment. - **URL**: https://apify.com/jobsapi/upwork-jobs-search-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Jobs API](https://apify.com/jobsapi) (community) - **Categories:** Jobs, Automation, Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per usage This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use 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 ## Upwork Jobs Search Scraper The latest and most advanced Upwork Jobs Search Scraper. Our Upwork Jobs Search Scraper extracts real-time job postings at scale from all over the world. A new research tool built for recruitment, insights and HR. ### Features - **Keyword search** — find jobs by keyword, search term, or role - **Location filtering** — narrow results to specific cities, regions, or countries ### Use Cases - **Freelance job market analysis** — track demand for independent contractors across skills and industries - **Gig economy trend tracking** — monitor shifts in project-based and remote contract work - **Remote contract rate benchmarking** — collect hourly and fixed-price rates for freelance roles - **Independent talent demand research** — identify which skills and categories have the most client demand ### Sample Input ```json { "query": "javascript developer", "jobType": "", "experienceLevel": "", "budgetMin": "", "budgetMax": "", "maxItems": 50, "category": "", "subcategory": "", "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] } } ```` ### Sample Output ```json { "title": "React Developer Needed for E-commerce Dashboard", "url": "https://www.upwork.com/jobs/React-Developer_~0123456789", "jobType": "Hourly", "budget": "$40 - $60/hr", "duration": 3, "skills": "React, Node.js, MongoDB, AWS", "postedAt": "2026-06-18", "proposals": "5 to 10", "clientCountry": "United States", "scrapedAt": "2026-06-20T10:00:00.000Z", "jobId": "0123456789", "description": "We are building an e-commerce dashboard and need an experienced React developer...", "budgetMin": 40, "budgetMax": 60, "hourlyRate": "$40.00 - $60.00/hr", "workload": "Part Time", "experienceLevel": "Intermediate", "clientPaymentVerified": "Yes", "clientRating": 4.8, "clientTotalSpent": "$50,000+", "searchQuery": "javascript developer" } ``` ### Input | Field | Type | Default | Required | Description | |-------|------|---------|----------|-------------| | `query` | string | `javascript developer` | ✓ | Job search keyword (e.g. 'javascript developer', 'data scientist', 'graphic design'). | | `rawUrl` | string | — | | Directly use this Upwork search URL instead of constructing one. | | `experienceLevel` | string | — | | Filter by required experience level: Entry Level, Intermediate, Expert. | | `maxItems` | integer | `50` | | Maximum number of job postings to scrape. | | `pagesToScrape` | integer | `1` | | Number of pages to scrape sequentially. | | `proxyConfiguration` | object | `{"useApifyProxy":true,"apifyProxyGroups":["RESIDENTIAL"]}` | | Proxy settings. Residential proxies required for Upwork (Cloudflare protected). | | `salaryMin` | integer | — | | Minimum salary filter (in USD). | | `salaryMax` | integer | — | | Maximum salary filter (in USD). | | `remoteFilter` | string | — | | Filter by work location type: Remote, Hybrid, On-site. | | `educationLevel` | string | — | | Filter by minimum education level: High School, Associate Degree, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate. | ### Output | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | `title` | Job Title | | `url` | URL | | `jobType` | Type | | `budget` | Budget | | `duration` | Duration | | `skills` | Skills | | `postedAt` | Posted | | `proposals` | Proposals | | `clientCountry` | Client Country | | `scrapedAt` | Scraped At | | `jobId` | Job ID | | `description` | Description | | `budgetMin` | Budget Min | | `budgetMax` | Budget Max | | `hourlyRate` | Hourly Rate | | `workload` | Workload | | `experienceLevel` | Experience | | `clientPaymentVerified` | Payment Verified | | `clientRating` | Client Rating | | `clientTotalSpent` | Client Total Spent | | `searchQuery` | Query | | `id` | Job ID | | `subId` | Sub ID | | `clientLocation` | Client Location | | `clientName` | Client Name | | `clientNameConfidence` | Name Confidence | | `clientAvgHourlyRate` | Client Avg Hourly Rate | | `clientHireRatePercent` | Client Hire Rate % | | `hasHired` | Has Hired | | `paymentVerified` | Payment Verified | | `relativeDate` | Posted (Relative) | | `absoluteDate` | Posted Date | | `allowedApplicantCountries` | Allowed Applicant Countries | | `questions` | Screening Questions | | `tags` | Tags | ### Notes - **Proxy**: Residential proxy is highly recommended — set `proxyConfiguration: { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] }` - **Rate limits**: Keep result limits reasonable per run to avoid IP bans - **Scheduling**: Use Apify Scheduler to run this actor on a recurring basis for a consistently fresh dataset # Actor input Schema ## `query` (type: `string`): Job search keyword (e.g. 'javascript developer', 'data scientist', 'graphic design'). ## `rawUrl` (type: `string`): Directly use this Upwork search URL instead of constructing one (must be from upwork.com and include nx/search/jobs) ## `experienceLevel` (type: `string`): Filter by required experience level. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of job postings to scrape. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Optionally, use Apify Proxy or custom HTTP proxy to avoid IP address-based blocking. ## `pagesToScrape` (type: `integer`): Number of pages to scrape sequentially. ## `salaryMin` (type: `integer`): Minimum salary filter (in local currency). ## `salaryMax` (type: `integer`): Maximum salary filter (in local currency). ## `remoteFilter` (type: `string`): Filter by work location type. ## `educationLevel` (type: `string`): Filter by minimum education level required. ## Actor input object example ```json { "query": "javascript developer", "experienceLevel": "", "maxItems": 50, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "IN" }, "pagesToScrape": 1, "remoteFilter": "", "educationLevel": "" } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `dataset` (type: `string`): No description # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "query": "javascript developer", "maxItems": 50, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "IN" } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("jobsapi/upwork-jobs-search-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "query": "javascript developer", "maxItems": 50, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "apifyProxyCountry": "IN", }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("jobsapi/upwork-jobs-search-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "query": "javascript developer", "maxItems": 50, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "IN" } }' | apify call jobsapi/upwork-jobs-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jobsapi/upwork-jobs-search-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Upwork Jobs Search Scraper", "description": "Scrape freelance and contract job listings from Upwork. Extract job titles, client info, budget ranges, skills required, experience levels, and project types for freelance marketplace analysis and recruitment.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "rbmxSYuJfSHcLFi8Q" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/jobsapi~upwork-jobs-search-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-jobsapi-upwork-jobs-search-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/jobsapi~upwork-jobs-search-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-jobsapi-upwork-jobs-search-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/jobsapi~upwork-jobs-search-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-jobsapi-upwork-jobs-search-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "query" ], "properties": { "query": { "title": "Search Query", "type": "string", "description": "Job search keyword (e.g. 'javascript developer', 'data scientist', 'graphic design')." }, "rawUrl": { "title": "Raw URL", "type": "string", "description": "Directly use this Upwork search URL instead of constructing one (must be from upwork.com and include nx/search/jobs)" }, "experienceLevel": { "title": "Experience Level", "enum": [ "", "1", "2", "3" ], "type": "string", "description": "Filter by required experience level.", "default": "" }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max Items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 500, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of job postings to scrape.", "default": 50 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Optionally, use Apify Proxy or custom HTTP proxy to avoid IP address-based blocking.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountry": "IN" } }, "pagesToScrape": { "title": "Pages to Scrape", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Number of pages to scrape sequentially.", "default": 1 }, "salaryMin": { "title": "Minimum Salary", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Minimum salary filter (in local currency)." }, "salaryMax": { "title": "Maximum Salary", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum salary filter (in local currency)." }, "remoteFilter": { "title": "Remote / On-site / Hybrid", "enum": [ "", "remote", "hybrid", "onsite" ], "type": "string", "description": "Filter by work location type.", "default": "" }, "educationLevel": { "title": "Education Level", "enum": [ "", "high_school", "associate", "bachelor", "master", "doctorate" ], "type": "string", "description": "Filter by minimum education level required.", "default": "" } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```