# Reed Jobs Scraper (`neuro-scraper/reed-jobs-scraper`) Actor

Reed Jobs Scraper SD - Reed Jobs Scraper is a job data tool that extracts reed.co.uk job listings by keyword and location: title, company, salary, job type, remote or hybrid, category, dates and full description. UK jobs, no login.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/neuro-scraper/reed-jobs-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Neuro Scraper](https://apify.com/neuro-scraper) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.49 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

### Reed Jobs Scraper — reed.co.uk jobs with salary and full descriptions

The Reed Jobs Scraper searches reed.co.uk by keyword and location and returns one row per job: title, company, location, salary range, full-time / part-time flags, remote / hybrid / on-site, category, posting, update and expiry dates and, from each job page, the full description, employment type, salary currency and period and address.

It works logged out. Reed's official API needs a registered key, so it is not used.

#### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| `keywords` | list | `python developer` (prefill) | One Reed search per line |
| `location` | text | `London` (prefill) | UK town, city or region; empty = whole UK |
| `startUrls` | URLs | – | Reed search URLs (`/jobs/...`); their filters are kept |
| `jobTypes` | multi-select | – | Contract, Temporary, Full-time, Part-time, Permanent |
| `datePosted` | select | `any` | Today, last 3 days, last week, last 2 weeks |
| `workingOption` | select | `any` | Remote, hybrid or on-site |
| `salaryFrom`, `salaryTo` | integer | `0` | Salary range filter (GBP) |
| `proximity` | integer | `0` | Radius in miles (0 = Reed's default, 10) |
| `scrapeDetails` | boolean | `true` | Open each job page (one extra request per job) |
| `maxItems` | integer | `50` | Stop after this many jobs |
| `proxyConfiguration` | proxy | Apify RESIDENTIAL | Proxy |

Every filter is checked against the filters Reed reports back on page 1, and the log says if Reed ignored one.

#### Output

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `jobId`, `jobUrl`, `title` | Job |
| `companyName`, `companyProfileUrl`, `logoUrl` | Advertiser (logo address read from the page) |
| `location`, `county`, `address` | `address` from the job page |
| `salaryFrom`, `salaryTo`, `salaryText`, `salaryCurrency`, `salaryPeriod` | e.g. "650 - 750 GBP per day"; currency and period come from the job page |
| `isFullTime`, `isPartTime`, `employmentType`, `workingOption` | e.g. `FULL_TIME, CONTRACTOR`; `remote` / `hybrid` / `onSite` |
| `category`, `subCategory` | Reed's job category |
| `postedAt`, `updatedAt`, `expiresAt` | Dates |
| `descriptionSnippet`, `descriptionText`, `descriptionHtml` | Snippet from search, full text from the job page |
| `easyApply`, `isPromoted`, `isFeatured` | Flags |
| `searchKeywords`, `searchLocation`, `searchUrl`, `scrapedAt` | The search that produced the row |

#### Measured (2026-10-03, one residential IP, no proxy)

| Test | Result |
|---|---|
| `python developer` / London, 30 and 50 with job pages | 30 rows in 52 s and 50 rows in 82 s; one job page per run answered HTTP 410 (job removed) and kept list fields |
| `accountant` / Manchester, 80, no job pages | 80 rows in 8 s from 4 pages |
| `data analyst`, UK, remote, last week, contract + permanent | 15 rows, 15/15 remote, all from the last week |
| Search URL nurse / Birmingham `parttime=True`, with job pages | 12 rows, 12/12 include PART_TIME |
| Wrong URLs, empty input | Clean stop with an error line |

#### Limits (measured)

- 25 jobs per page. Reed repeats some promoted jobs on later pages (7 repeats on page 3 of a 4-page test); rows are de-duplicated.
- `permanent=True` and `sortby` in URLs were ignored by Reed; the `perm=True` filter this Actor sends was applied. The run log reports any filter Reed did not apply.
- Without job pages there is no salary currency or period, employment type or full description.

#### Example input

```json
{"keywords": ["data analyst"], "location": "Manchester", "workingOption": "hybrid", "datePosted": "lastWeek", "maxItems": 100}
```

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

One Reed search per line, e.g. "python developer", "accountant".

## `location` (type: `string`):

UK town, city or region, e.g. "London", "Manchester". Empty = whole UK.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Reed job search URLs such as https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/python-developer-jobs-in-london?contract=True - the filters in the URL are kept.

## `jobTypes` (type: `array`):

Reed's job-type filters. The run log says if Reed did not apply one ("permanent" may be ignored).

## `datePosted` (type: `string`):

Reed's date filter.

## `workingOption` (type: `string`):

Reed's working-option filter.

## `salaryFrom` (type: `integer`):

Reed's salary-from filter, e.g. 40000. 0 = off.

## `salaryTo` (type: `integer`):

Reed's salary-to filter. 0 = off.

## `proximity` (type: `integer`):

Search radius around the location. 0 = Reed's default (10 miles).

## `scrapeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Read each job page for the full description, employment type, salary currency and period, and address (one extra request per job).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many jobs in total.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Residential proxy is recommended and is the default.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "python developer"
  ],
  "location": "London",
  "datePosted": "any",
  "workingOption": "any",
  "salaryFrom": 0,
  "salaryTo": 0,
  "proximity": 0,
  "scrapeDetails": true,
  "maxItems": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "keywords": [
        "python developer"
    ],
    "location": "London",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("neuro-scraper/reed-jobs-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "keywords": ["python developer"],
    "location": "London",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("neuro-scraper/reed-jobs-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "keywords": [
    "python developer"
  ],
  "location": "London",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call neuro-scraper/reed-jobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,neuro-scraper/reed-jobs-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/2RXJaLDgsnyeWIIdb/builds/iL5lGR1SduGmxatUE/openapi.json