Werk.nl Scraper: Netherlands UWV Government Jobs

Extract job listings from werk.nl, the Netherlands' national government employment service operated by UWV (Uitvoeringsinstituut Werknemersverzekeringen). Covers all 12 Dutch provinces and returns rich structured data including salary, employment type, full description, and contact details.

What you get

Each job listing includes:

Field	Description
id	UWV reference number
title	Job title
company_name	Employer name
company_website	Employer website (when available)
location	City name
country	Always NL
region	Dutch province (Noord-Holland, Zuid-Holland, Utrecht, etc.)
employment_type	permanent, temporary, internship, volunteer, secondment
workplace_type	on-site, hybrid, or remote
min_hours / max_hours	Weekly hours range
study_level	Required education level (MBO, HBO/bachelor, WO/master)
salary_min / salary_max	Parsed EUR amounts
salary_period	month, year, week, hour
salary_text	Raw salary text as advertised
description	500-character snippet
description_full	Full plain-text description
apply_url	Direct application link
contact_emails / contact_phones	Contact details
posted_at_datetime	ISO 8601 publication date
search_query	The query that matched this listing

Sample output

{
  "_type": "job",
  "id": "70659580",
  "title": ".NET Software Engineer",
  "company_name": "Noir",
  "location": "Amsterdam",
  "country": "NL",
  "region": "Noord-Holland",
  "employment_type": "temporary",
  "salary_min": 5400,
  "salary_currency": "EUR",
  "salary_period": "month",
  "salary_text": "EUR 5400 per month",
  "min_hours": null,
  "max_hours": null,
  "study_level": "HBO/bachelor",
  "description": "Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands. Rate: EUR 5000-6000 per month + Bonus. Type: Permanent. Global Fitness Movement needs a .NET Software Engineer...",
  "description_full": "Job Highlights\nLocation: Amsterdam, Netherlands\nRate: EUR 5000-6000 per month\nType: Permanent\n...",
  "apply_url": "https://careers4a.com/search/jobs/5553514/NET-Software-Engineer.html",
  "contact_emails": [],
  "contact_phones": [],
  "contact_urls": ["https://careers4a.com/..."],
  "posted_at_text": "26 August 2026",
  "posted_at_datetime": "2026-08-26T00:00:00Z",
  "job_url": "https://www.werk.nl/nl/vacatures/70659580",
  "source_platform": "werk.nl",
  "scraped_at": "2026-08-25T07:00:00Z"
}

Input configuration

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchQueries	string[]	-	Keywords in Dutch or English. Each runs as a separate search.
location	string	-	City or region filter (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, etc.)
searchUrls	string[]	-	Direct werk.nl search URLs
maxResults	integer	100	Global cap across all queries
maxResultsPerQuery	integer	100	Per-query cap
includeJobDetails	boolean	true	Fetch full description, salary and contact details per listing
includeCompanyDetails	boolean	false	Include company website (implies includeJobDetails)
maxConcurrency	integer	5	Max concurrent detail requests

Netherlands employment types

werk.nl uses Dutch contract terminology mapped to English:

Dutch	English
Vast	permanent
Tijdelijk	temporary
Stage	internship
Vrijwilligerswerk	volunteer
Detachering	secondment
Leerbaan	apprenticeship

12 Dutch provinces

The region field maps city names to provinces: Noord-Holland, Zuid-Holland, Utrecht, Noord-Brabant, Gelderland, Overijssel, Flevoland, Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe, Zeeland, Limburg.

Pricing

This actor uses Pay Per Event (PPE) billing:

Event	Price	Description
actor-start	$0.001	Charged once per run
job-serp-result	$0.003	Job listing from search results (SERP only)
job-detail-result	$0.005	Full job with description, salary and contacts

Example costs:

• 1,000 jobs (SERP only): ~$3.00 + $0.001 start
• 1,000 jobs (with details): ~$5.00 + $0.001 start

New Apify accounts get a $5 free monthly credit to test actors at no cost.

Technical notes

The scraper uses a two-step anonymous session bootstrap with werk.nl's public vacancy API (no account required). All data is fetched via JSON API calls. The actor uses 128 MB RAM and requires no browser.

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