jobs.ac.uk Scraper — UK Academic & Research Jobs

Scrape current academic and research vacancies from jobs.ac.uk — the UK and Europe's leading academic job board.

What jobs.ac.uk data does this scraper extract?

Each result is one flat JSON record per job posting:

Field	Meaning
jobId	Stable source-side job identifier, parsed from the posting URL (e.g. DSC994)
id	Alias of jobId — same value, kept for field-name consistency across our Actors
title	Job title as posted
company	Hiring institution / organisation, or null if the listing omits it
location	Location / duty station; defaults to "United Kingdom" when the listing shows no city
salary	Salary text as displayed on the listing, or "" when no salary is shown
postedAt	ISO 8601 date (YYYY-MM-DD) the listing was placed, or null if it can't be parsed
deadline	ISO 8601 date (YYYY-MM-DD) parsed from the listing's "Closes"/"Expires" chip, the raw text when it can't be parsed, or null when the listing shows no closing date
url	Direct link to the posting

How to scrape jobs.ac.uk with this Actor

1. Click Try for free / Run — no login to the target site, no cookies, no proxies to configure.
2. Adjust the input (keyword, filters, maxItems) or keep the defaults.
3. Run it and export the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read it over the API.

Run it from your own code:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("nomad-agent/jobs-ac-uk-scraper").call(run_input={"maxItems": 50})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["title"], "—", item["company"], item["url"])

Or a single HTTP call that runs the Actor and returns items in one response:

curl -X POST \
  "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/nomad-agent~jobs-ac-uk-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"maxItems": 50}'

Input

Field	Type	Default	Notes
keywords	array	(built-in defaults)	List of keyword queries to fan across. Each keyword is searched separately and results are merged (deduped by URL). Leave empty to use the built-in research-oriented defaults: social science, politics, psychology, humanities, international development, research.
maxItems	integer	25	Maximum number of job postings to return across all keyword queries (max 1000). Each job returned is billed as one result event — see Pricing. Set to 0 for no limit.
pageSize	integer	25	How many results to request per keyword search (portal maximum is 25). Increase if you are running with a large maxItems and few keywords.
postedSince	integer	0	Only keep postings placed within this many days (max 365). Applied locally after fetching — jobs.ac.uk has no server-side date filter. Listings whose date can't be read are always kept. Set 0 to disable.
cacheTtlSeconds	integer	1800	(Advanced) How long to reuse a previous fetch instead of contacting jobs.ac.uk again, in seconds. Set to 0 to always fetch fresh data.

Output example

{
  "jobId": "DSC994",
  "id": "DSC994",
  "title": "Admissions & Student Recruitment Coordinator",
  "company": "University of Strathclyde",
  "location": "Glasgow",
  "salary": "£28,031 to £30,378 per annum",
  "postedAt": "2026-07-02",
  "deadline": "2026-07-08",
  "url": "https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSC994/admissions-and-student-recruitment-coordinator-828134"
}

Integrations

Export the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel from the Console, pull it over the Apify API (including run-sync-get-dataset-items for a single blocking call), wire it into Make/Zapier/n8n, or drive it from an AI agent via the Apify MCP server.

Pricing

Pay per event: $0.05 per Actor start and $0.004 per job returned. 100 jobs ≈ $0.45. No subscription, no rental — you pay only for what you fetch.

Use cases

• Academic job boards and PhD/postdoc alert bots
• University HR benchmarking
• Research-funding and hiring-trend analysis
• Career services for early-career researchers

FAQ

Is it legal to scrape jobs.ac.uk? This Actor reads only publicly available job postings — data any visitor can see without logging in. No personal data behind authentication is touched. Review the target site's terms and your local regulations for your specific use case.

Do I need an account on the target site? No. Postings are fetched from public pages/APIs — no login, cookies or session tokens.

How fresh is the data? Every run fetches live listings. Results are cached for cacheTtlSeconds (default 30 min, set 0 to always hit the source live).

How many jobs can I get? maxItems caps the run (set 0 where supported for no cap). Most sources paginate from newest to oldest.

Something broken or missing? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab — it is monitored and reliability fixes ship fast.

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