Seek Jobs Scraper (Australia & New Zealand)

What does Seek Jobs Scraper do?

Seek Jobs Scraper collects job ads from SEEK, the leading job board in Australia (seek.com.au) and New Zealand (seek.co.nz). Search on SEEK as you normally would, paste the link, and get every job as a clean row: title, company, suburb, area, state and postcode, classification, work type, on-site / hybrid / remote, the salary as advertised plus parsed minimum, maximum, period and currency, listing date, selling points and the full job description.

Every filter in your link is kept: keywords, location and distance, classification and sub-classification, work type, work arrangement, pay range and pay type, listing date and sort order. Company job lists and single job ads work too.

Try it with the prefilled search: open the Actor, click Start, and 20 Sydney software engineer jobs are ready in a few seconds. Running on the Apify platform also gives you API access, scheduled runs, integrations (Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, Slack, webhooks) and run monitoring.

Why scrape SEEK?

• Salary benchmarking. SEEK's pay text ("$80,000 – $90,000 per year + Super", "$45 p/h") is turned into numbers you can sort, chart and average, with the original text kept alongside.
• Labour market research. Track demand by classification, region and work arrangement across Australia and New Zealand.
• Recruitment and sales leads. See which companies are hiring, for what, and where.
• Job aggregation. Feed a niche job board, newsletter or internal tool with fresh, structured ads.
• Monitoring. Schedule a daily run on a newest-first search and keep only the job IDs you have not seen.

How to scrape SEEK jobs

1. Open seek.com.au or seek.co.nz and search: type the job title and location, then pick any filters (classification, work type, remote options, pay, listing time, sort order).
2. Copy the address from your browser's address bar, for example https://www.seek.com.au/software-engineer-jobs/in-All-Sydney-NSW?daterange=7&worktype=242.
3. Paste it into SEEK search or job links. Add as many links as you like, one per line; Australian and New Zealand links can be mixed.
4. Set Max jobs per search link and choose whether to include full descriptions.
5. Click Start, then download the results as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML.

Input

Everything is set on the Input tab. In JSON, the input looks like this:

{
    "startUrls": [
        "https://www.seek.com.au/software-engineer-jobs/in-All-Sydney-NSW?daterange=7&worktype=242",
        "seek.co.nz/jobs-in-information-communication-technology/developers-programmers/in-All-Auckland",
        "https://www.seek.com.au/job/94673763"
    ],
    "maxJobsPerSearch": 100,
    "includeDescription": true
}

Field	What it does
startUrls	SEEK links, one per line: a search results page, a company's job list (…-jobs/at-this-company), or a single job ad (seek.com.au/job/12345678, or just the number). https:// is optional. API callers can also send {"url": "…"} objects.
maxJobsPerSearch	Stops after this many jobs from each search link. Default: 100.
includeDescription	Adds the full description as plain text and HTML. Default: on.
proxyConfiguration	Leave empty. SEEK answers the Actor directly; when SEEK refuses a request, or its limit on job lookups from one address is reached, the Actor switches to Apify's proxies on its own. Choosing a proxy sends every request through it, which makes big runs with descriptions slower.

Which filters are read from the link?

On SEEK	In the link	Example
Keywords	path or keywords=	/data-analyst-jobs
Location	path or where=	/in-All-Brisbane-QLD, /in-Parramatta-NSW-2150
Distance from the location	distance=	distance=10
Classification and sub-classification	path or classification= / subclassification=	/jobs-in-healthcare-medical/nursing-aged-care
Work type	path or worktype=	/full-time, /contract-temp
Remote options	path or workarrangement=	/remote, /hybrid, /on-site
Pay range and pay type	salaryrange= and salarytype=	salaryrange=100000-&salarytype=annual
Listing time	daterange=	daterange=1 (today, since midnight Sydney time), 3, 7, 14 or 31 days
Sort order	sortmode=	sortmode=ListedDate (newest first)
One advertiser	advertiserid= or a company job list	/Lindt-&-Sprungli-jobs/at-this-company

The page number in a link is ignored: every search starts from its first page.

Output

Each job becomes one row. Here is a real one, with the description shortened:

{
    "jobId": "95081016",
    "url": "https://au.seek.com/job/95081016",
    "title": "SOFTWARE ENGINEER",
    "company": "Partech, Inc",
    "advertiserId": "62025965",
    "advertiserName": "Partech, Inc.",
    "location": "Mona Vale, Sydney NSW",
    "suburb": "Mona Vale",
    "area": "Sydney",
    "state": "NSW",
    "postcode": "2103",
    "country": "AU",
    "classification": "Information & Communication Technology",
    "subClassification": "Engineering - Software",
    "workType": "Full time",
    "workArrangement": "On-site",
    "salary": "$80,000 – $90,000 per year + Super",
    "salaryMin": 80000,
    "salaryMax": 90000,
    "salaryPeriod": "year",
    "salaryCurrency": "AUD",
    "listedAt": "2026-10-06T04:15:12Z",
    "teaser": "Skilled Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain software applications and systems.",
    "bulletPoints": [],
    "tags": [],
    "logoUrl": null,
    "isFeatured": false,
    "isExpired": false,
    "description": "About the role\n\nTASK Retail is seeking a skilled and motivated Software Engineer to join our team...",
    "descriptionHtml": "<p><strong>About the role</strong></p><p>TASK Retail is seeking a skilled and motivated Software Engineer...",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.seek.com.au/software-engineer-jobs/in-All-Sydney-NSW?daterange=7&worktype=242",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-08T13:01:11Z"
}

You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel. The Output tab has two views: Jobs (the main columns) and Full details.

Data fields

Field	Description
jobId	SEEK's job number.
url	Link to the job ad.
title	Job title.
company	The company name SEEK shows on the ad.
advertiserId, advertiserName	The advertiser's SEEK account number and registered name. Private advertisers have no number.
location	The location exactly as SEEK shows it, for example "Mona Vale, Sydney NSW".
suburb	The suburb, when the ad names one.
area	The city or region SEEK files the job under, such as "Sydney" or "Newcastle, Maitland & Hunter".
state	Australian state or territory code (NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT). Empty for New Zealand.
postcode	The suburb's postcode, when the ad names a suburb in Australia.
country	AU or NZ.
classification, subClassification	SEEK's job category, such as "Healthcare & Medical" / "Nursing - Aged Care".
workType	Full time, Part time, Contract/Temp or Casual/Vacation.
workArrangement	On-site, Hybrid or Remote, when the ad says.
salary	The pay exactly as the advertiser wrote it.
salaryMin, salaryMax	The pay range read from that text. "Up to $X" fills only the maximum, "From $X" or "$X+" only the minimum, and a single figure fills both. Empty when the text states no amount (for example "Competitive salary").
salaryPeriod	hour, day, week, month or year. Taken from the text; when the text gives none, amounts of 15,000 or more are read as yearly and amounts up to 200 as hourly.
salaryCurrency	AUD or NZD for a plain "$", or the currency the text names.
listedAt	When the ad was listed, in UTC.
teaser	The short summary shown in search results.
bulletPoints	The advertiser's selling points, when the ad has them.
tags	SEEK's badges on search results, such as "Immediate start", "Expiring soon" or "Be an early applicant".
logoUrl	The company logo, when the ad shows one.
isFeatured	true when SEEK showed the job as a featured ad in your search. Empty for single job links.
isExpired	true for a job link whose ad has closed. Search results only list open ads.
description, descriptionHtml	The full job description as plain text and as SEEK's HTML (when Include full job descriptions is on).
sourceUrl	The link you pasted that found this job.
scrapedAt	When the job was collected, in UTC.

How much does it cost to scrape SEEK?

The Actor uses pay-per-event pricing: you pay a small fixed price for each job saved, and the exact price is on the Pricing tab. Full descriptions are included at no extra charge, because SEEK serves descriptions for a whole page of jobs in a single request.

You are never charged for links that return nothing: a search with no jobs, a removed job ad or a link that is not from SEEK is listed in the run's FAILED_INPUTS record instead. If you set a maximum cost for a run, the Actor stops as soon as it is reached.

Tips for scraping SEEK

• Let SEEK filter for you. Narrow the search on SEEK before copying the link. The filters are applied by SEEK itself, so you only collect (and pay for) matching jobs.
• Monitor new jobs. Sort by date and choose "Listed in the last 3 days" (sortmode=ListedDate&daterange=3), schedule the Actor to run daily, and drop job IDs you already have. SEEK's "today" filter (daterange=1) starts at midnight Sydney time, so a daily run on it misses jobs listed the evening before.
• Big searches. SEEK lists at most 550 jobs for one search, however many match. Set Max jobs per search link above that, and when a search matches more, the Actor reads it as narrower searches (by classification, then sub-classification, then work type) to get past the limit. The first page comes in SEEK's own order; after that, jobs arrive grouped by category. When you ask for fewer jobs than match, they are shared out between categories in proportion to their size.
• Each job is saved once per run, even when several of your links find it.
• Turn off descriptions for smaller rows when titles, companies and pay are all you need.

FAQ, disclaimers and support

Which SEEK links work? Search results pages from seek.com.au and seek.co.nz (including the newer au.seek.com and nz.seek.com addresses), company job lists, and single job ads. The SEEK home page, company profile pages and career-advice articles are not job lists; they are listed in FAILED_INPUTS with the reason.

Why do some jobs have no salary numbers? Many advertisers hide pay or write text such as "Competitive salary". The Actor only fills salaryMin and salaryMax when the text states an amount, and never estimates one; the original text is always in salary.

What are featured jobs? SEEK places up to two featured ads at the top of every results page. They match your search filters, so they are included, marked with isFeatured: true, and saved only once even when they appear again further down.

What happens to links that return nothing? They are not saved as rows, so you are not charged for them. Each is listed with its reason in the FAILED_INPUTS record of the run's key-value store, and the run's status message gives the counts. A run fails only when SEEK could not be reached for any of your links.

Is it legal to scrape SEEK? This Actor collects job ads that employers publish publicly so that people can find and apply for them. It does not log in, and it collects no personal data: the recruiter names and photos SEEK attaches to some ads are deliberately left out. Job ads can still contain contact details written by the advertiser, and their text is the advertiser's. You are responsible for making sure your use complies with SEEK's terms and with the laws that apply to you, such as privacy and copyright rules for republishing ads. If in doubt, ask a lawyer.

Found a problem or need something custom? Open an issue on the Issues tab and we will look into it. Custom scrapers and job data feeds are available on request.