# Totaljobs Jobs Scraper (`piotrv1001/totaljobs-jobs-scraper`) Actor

Totaljobs Jobs Scraper extracts UK job listings from Totaljobs.com by keyword, location or search URL: titles, companies, locations, salaries as advertised plus parsed min/max/period, posting and expiry dates, and optional full descriptions, for recruiting and job market research.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/piotrv1001/totaljobs-jobs-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [FalconScrape](https://apify.com/piotrv1001) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Lead generation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.50 / 1,000 job listings

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

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

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# README

### 🚀 Totaljobs Jobs Scraper

Extract job listings from **Totaljobs.com**, one of the UK's largest job boards. The **Totaljobs Jobs Scraper** turns any keyword, location or Totaljobs search URL into structured job data: title, company, location, posting and expiry dates, the **salary as advertised plus a parsed min/max and pay period**, and optionally the **full job description** and employer profile.

### ✨ Features

- 💼 **Complete job data**: title, company, location and postcode, posting date, expiry date, labels (Featured, New), snippet and job URL for every result.
- 💷 **Salaries you can filter on**: the employer's salary text (`£35,000 - £40,000 per annum + bonus`) plus `salaryMin`, `salaryMax`, `salaryCurrency` and `salaryPeriod` (year, month, week, day, hour).
- 📝 **Full descriptions**: turn on details to get the whole job ad as clean text, contract type (permanent, contract, temporary), employment type, industry and the employer's address, size and sector.
- 🔍 **Search or paste URLs**: use keyword + location, or paste any Totaljobs search page with its filters (radius, salary, job type), a company's jobs page, or single job URLs. A pasted page 3 starts at page 3.
- 🆕 **New jobs only**: schedule the scraper and receive only the jobs posted since the previous run.
- 📚 **No page limit**: export thousands of jobs from one search; every job is saved once, even across overlapping searches.

### 🛠️ How It Works

1. **Describe the search** – enter a job title or keyword and a UK town, city, county or postcode, or paste Totaljobs URLs.
2. **Choose the depth** – keep it fast with listings only, or enable **Scrape full job details** for descriptions and employer profiles.
3. **Run the scraper** – download the jobs as JSON, CSV or Excel, or pull them through the API. Enable **Only new jobs since the last run** on a schedule to build a job alert feed.

### ⚙️ Input

| Field                                | Description                                                                                    |
| ------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Job title or keyword**             | What to search for, e.g. `software developer`, `data analyst`, `nurse`.                        |
| **Location**                         | Town, city, county or postcode in the UK, e.g. `London`, `Manchester`, `SW1A`. Empty = all UK. |
| **Date posted**                      | Any time, last 24 hours, 3, 7 or 14 days.                                                      |
| **Sort by**                          | Relevance or newest first.                                                                     |
| **Totaljobs URLs**                   | Optional. Search pages, company jobs pages or single job URLs. Replaces the fields above.      |
| **Scrape full job details**          | Adds the full description, contract type, structured salary and employer profile.              |
| **Only new jobs since the last run** | For schedules: outputs only jobs posted since the previous run of the same search.             |
| **Max results**                      | Maximum number of jobs to save (default 50).                                                   |

### 💰 How much does it cost to scrape Totaljobs?

Pay only for the jobs you get, with no monthly fee:

| Event       | Price                         | When it's charged                                             |
| ----------- | ----------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Actor start | **$0.00005**                  | Once per run                                                  |
| Job listing | **$0.0015** ($1.50 per 1,000) | For every job saved from search results                       |
| Job details | **$0.004** ($4 per 1,000)     | Instead of the listing, for every job saved with full details |

For example, 1,000 jobs cost about **$1.50**, or **$4** with full details. A scheduled run that finds no new jobs saves nothing and costs only the start fee. Set a maximum cost per run in Apify and the scraper stops when it reaches it.

### 📊 Sample Output Data

One job with **Scrape full job details** enabled (description shortened here):

```json
{
    "id": 108091471,
    "title": "Storage Engineer/Developer",
    "url": "https://www.totaljobs.com/job/storage-engineer-developer/experis-job108091471",
    "companyName": "Experis",
    "companyId": 1360458,
    "companyUrl": "https://www.totaljobs.com/jobs/experis?cmpId=1360458&cmp=1",
    "companyLogoUrl": "https://tjgliveassets.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/company-logos/00324505d4be40e7b44819f1362e114f.png",
    "location": "Glasgow (G1), G1",
    "datePosted": "2026-10-07T09:01:16.383Z",
    "globalId": "85fcc6c1-81ad-47c0-a3ea-27e1cf610f9f",
    "description": "Software Developer / Storage Engineer\nLocation: Glasgow, United Kingdom\nOur Client is hiring for a reputed client and looking for a multi-talented developer to help design and buil…",
    "descriptionSections": [
        {
            "name": "jobDescription",
            "title": null,
            "text": "Software Developer / Storage Engineer\nLocation: Glasgow, United Kingdom\nOur Client is hiring for a r…"
        }
    ],
    "contractType": "Freelance / Project collaboration; On-site",
    "workType": null,
    "employmentType": "FULL_TIME",
    "industry": "IT, IT-Software Development",
    "validThrough": "2026-10-14T09:01:16.383Z",
    "directApply": true,
    "language": "en",
    "isOnline": true,
    "companyWebsite": null,
    "companyAddress": "UK",
    "companySize": "1000+",
    "companyIndustries": ["Recruitment"],
    "companyRating": null,
    "companyReviewCount": null,
    "companyOpenJobs": 58,
    "salaryText": "£400.00 - £440.00 per day",
    "salaryMin": 400,
    "salaryMax": 440,
    "salaryCurrency": "GBP",
    "salaryPeriod": "day",
    "salaryIsEstimate": false,
    "postalCode": "G1",
    "remoteWork": null,
    "expiresAt": "2026-10-14T09:01:16.383Z",
    "labels": ["FEATURED", "NEW"],
    "snippet": "Software Developer / Storage Engineer Location: Glasgow, United KingdomOur Client is hiring for a re…",
    "benefits": null,
    "isSponsored": false,
    "isAnonymousEmployer": false,
    "matchType": "main",
    "sourceSite": null,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-08T05:40:00.000Z"
}
```

Without details, each row has the listing fields: `id`, `title`, `url`, `companyName`, `companyId`, `companyUrl`, `companyLogoUrl`, `location`, `postalCode`, `datePosted`, `expiresAt`, `salaryText`, `salaryMin`, `salaryMax`, `salaryCurrency`, `salaryPeriod`, `labels`, `snippet`, `isSponsored`, `matchType`, `sourceSite` and `scrapedAt`.

### ℹ️ Good to Know

- Salary numbers are read from the employer's own text. "Competitive" or "Unspecified" keeps `salaryText` and leaves the numbers empty; "Up to £50,000" fills only `salaryMax`.
- Totaljobs shows some jobs from its sister boards; `sourceSite` names the board a job comes from.
- Jobs removed between the search and the detail visit are skipped and not charged. The run's status message explains any shortfall.
- This scraper covers totaljobs.com (United Kingdom).

### ❓ FAQ

**Is it legal to scrape Totaljobs?**
The scraper collects only publicly visible job ads. You are responsible for using the data lawfully (e.g. UK GDPR) and for respecting the site's terms.

**Can I use the site's own filters?**
Yes. Set the filters on totaljobs.com (radius, salary, job type, date posted), copy the URL of the results page and paste it into **Totaljobs URLs**.

### 🛟 Support

Missing a field or a filter? Open an issue in the **Issues** tab. Feedback and feature requests are welcome.

# Actor input Schema

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

What to search for on totaljobs.com, e.g. `software developer`, `data analyst`, `nurse`, `HGV driver`. Leave empty to get every job in the location.

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

Town, city, county or postcode in the UK, e.g. `London`, `Manchester`, `Leeds`, `SW1A`. Leave empty for the whole UK.

## `postedWithin` (type: `string`):

The site's own date filter. It also counts jobs the employer refreshed within the period, so some rows can show an older `datePosted`.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Order of the results. With a Max results limit this decides which jobs you get.

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

Paste totaljobs.com URLs instead of using the fields above: a search page with any filters applied (`https://www.totaljobs.com/jobs/developer/in-london?radius=10&salary=50000&salarytypeid=1`), a company's jobs page or a single job (`https://www.totaljobs.com/job/...-job108091471`). A search URL with `page=3` starts at page 3. When set, keyword, location, date posted and sort are ignored.

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

Open every job and add the full description, contract type, expiry date, structured salary where the employer gives one, and the employer profile (address, size, industry). Charged as a job detail instead of a job listing.

## `onlyNewJobs` (type: `boolean`):

For scheduled runs: remember what this search returned and only output jobs posted since the previous run. The first run saves the baseline. Results are sorted newest first.

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

Maximum number of jobs to save.

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

Proxy used to reach totaljobs.com. The default works for most runs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keyword": "developer",
  "location": "London",
  "postedWithin": "any",
  "sort": "relevance",
  "scrapeDetails": false,
  "onlyNewJobs": false,
  "maxItems": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "keyword": "developer",
    "location": "London",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("piotrv1001/totaljobs-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 = {
    "keyword": "developer",
    "location": "London",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("piotrv1001/totaljobs-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 '{
  "keyword": "developer",
  "location": "London",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call piotrv1001/totaljobs-jobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,piotrv1001/totaljobs-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/ucM4Xa8EZOxEyOubP/builds/DlN6PJHGPlcoc3mkX/openapi.json