PeoplePerHour Scraper

Pull live freelance project and job postings from PeoplePerHour at scale — titles, budgets in native currency, fixed vs hourly pricing, required skills, proposal counts, posting and expiry dates, and the hiring client's name and country. Built for agencies, lead-generation teams, and market researchers who need fresh freelance-demand data without manually clicking through marketplace listings page by page.

Why This Scraper?

• 10 top-level categories, browseable by name — Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Programming, Design, Digital Marketing, Writing & Translation, Social Media, Marketing/Branding/Sales, Video & Photography, Music & Audio, and Business. Pick one from a dropdown; no URL crafting.
• Per-project native currency — GBP, USD, or EUR — every budget keeps the currency the client actually posted in, not a converted home-IP estimate that distorts your pricing analysis.
• Structured budget ranges — separate budgetMin and budgetMax fields whenever a project advertises a range, plus a single headline budget figure.
• Fixed vs Per-hour pricing filter — limit a run to fixed-price projects or hourly contracts to match exactly the work model you sell.
• Entry / Intermediate / Expert experience filter — target only the seniority tier you compete in and skip the rest.
• Proposal (bid) counts on every project — proposalCount tells you how saturated each lead is before you spend time on a pitch.
• Full project brief on every row, plus skills tags when available — every row carries the complete project description, not just a truncated teaser; when a project's detail page is reachable we add the client's required-skills list on top.
• Hiring-client details on every row — client name and country, so you know who is posting and where they're based.
• Deduplicated by project ID — each project is returned once even when it surfaces across several keywords or pages, so your lead list has no repeats.

Use Cases

Lead Generation for Agencies & Freelancers

• Build a daily feed of open projects matching your service keywords
• Prioritise leads by proposal count to find low-competition projects
• Filter to Expert-level briefs that match premium service offerings
• Pull client name and country to qualify and personalise outreach

Market & Demand Research

• Measure how many projects are posted per category over time
• Track which skills clients are requesting most across a category
• Spot emerging demand in the dedicated Artificial Intelligence category
• Map remote-only versus on-site demand for a given skill set

Competitive Pricing Intelligence

• Benchmark fixed-price budgets against hourly rates in your niche
• Compare native-currency budgets (GBP/USD/EUR) across regions
• Track budget ranges by experience level to position your quotes
• Identify under-priced versus premium project segments

Talent Sourcing & Recruiting

• Find the categories and skills with the highest open-project volume
• Gauge market rates before posting your own briefs
• Monitor client countries to understand where work originates
• Track posting and expiry dates to time outreach around fresh demand

Getting Started

Simple Keyword Search

Search a single keyword and collect the latest matching projects:

{
    "searchQueries": ["wordpress"],
    "maxResults": 100
}

Browse a Category

Collect every open project in one category, sorted by most recent:

{
    "category": "design",
    "sortBy": "recent",
    "maxResults": 200
}

Full Filtered Run

Combine a keyword with pricing, experience, and remote filters:

{
    "searchQueries": ["logo design", "brand identity"],
    "category": "design",
    "priceType": "fixed",
    "experienceLevel": "expert",
    "remoteOnly": true,
    "sortBy": "recent",
    "maxResults": 0,
    "includeDescription": true
}

Using PeoplePerHour URLs

Paste freelance-jobs URLs to scrape them exactly as shown on the site, including any filters baked into the link:

{
    "startUrls": [
        "https://www.peopleperhour.com/freelance-jobs/technology-programming",
        "https://www.peopleperhour.com/freelance-jobs/design"
    ],
    "maxResults": 150
}

Input Reference

Search & Targeting

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchQueries	string[]	["wordpress"]	Keywords or phrases to search for, such as "wordpress", "logo design", or "data entry". Each keyword runs its own search. Up to 50 keywords per run. Leave empty to use the category or collect the broadest project feed.
category	select	Any category	Browse a single category: Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Programming, Writing & Translation, Design, Digital Marketing, Social Media, Marketing/Branding/Sales, Video & Photography, Music & Audio, or Business.
startUrls	string[]	[]	Paste full PeoplePerHour freelance-jobs URLs (a category page or a filtered search page) to scrape them exactly as shown. Filters baked into the URL are respected. Up to 50 URLs per run.

Filters & Limits

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
priceType	select	Any price type	Limit results to one pricing model: Fixed price or Per hour.
experienceLevel	select	Any experience level	Only return projects asking for this seniority: Entry, Intermediate, or Expert.
remoteOnly	boolean	false	Only return projects that can be done remotely.
sortBy	select	Most recent	Order results by Most recent (newest postings first) or Most relevant (best match to your search).
maxResults	integer	100	Maximum projects to collect per keyword, category, or start URL. Set to 0 to collect everything available.

Output Options

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
onlyUniqueProjects	boolean	true	Return each project once even if it appears across several pages or searches. Deduplicates by project ID.
includeDescription	boolean	true	Include the full project description for each project, plus skills tags when they can be read. Turn off for lighter, faster records when you only need titles, budgets, categories, dates, and links.

Output

Each project posting is returned as one flat row. Here is a representative result with full descriptions enabled (the skills array shows a row whose detail page was reachable; see the field note below):

{
    "projectId": "4239871",
    "title": "Build a custom WordPress plugin for booking management",
    "url": "https://www.peopleperhour.com/freelance-jobs/technology-programming/wordpress/build-a-custom-wordpress-plugin-4239871",
    "description": "We need an experienced WordPress developer to build a booking management plugin with calendar sync, payment capture, and an admin dashboard...",
    "descriptionHtml": "<p>We need an experienced WordPress developer to build a booking management plugin...</p>",
    "budget": 800,
    "budgetMin": 800,
    "budgetMax": 1200,
    "currency": "GBP",
    "priceType": "fixed",
    "category": "Technology & Programming",
    "subCategory": "WordPress",
    "skills": ["WordPress", "PHP", "Plugin Development", "JavaScript"],
    "postedDate": "2026-06-18T09:14:22",
    "expiryDate": "2026-07-18T09:14:22",
    "duration": "1 to 3 months",
    "locationType": "Remote",
    "experienceLevel": "Expert",
    "proposalCount": 7,
    "isUrgent": false,
    "isFeatured": false,
    "clientName": "Sarah M.",
    "clientCountry": "United Kingdom",
    "clientUrl": "https://www.peopleperhour.com/freelancer/sarah-m",
    "searchQuery": "wordpress",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-06-19T12:00:00Z"
}

Core Fields

Field	Type	Description
projectId	string	Unique PeoplePerHour project identifier (used for deduplication)
title	string	Project title as posted by the client
url	string	Direct link to the project page
description	string	Full project brief as plain text
descriptionHtml	string	Full project brief with original HTML formatting

Budget & Pricing

Field	Type	Description
budget	number	Headline budget amount
budgetMin	number	Lower bound when the project advertises a range
budgetMax	number	Upper bound when the project advertises a range
currency	string	Native currency the client posted in (GBP, USD, EUR)
priceType	string	Pricing model: fixed or hourly

Classification

Field	Type	Description
category	string	Top-level category name
subCategory	string	Sub-category name when present
skills	string[]	Required skills tags — included when available (added from a project's detail page when it can be read)
experienceLevel	string	Seniority tier — Entry, Intermediate, or Expert — inferred from the project's budget tier
locationType	string	Remote or On-site
duration	string	Estimated project duration when provided

Client & Status

Field	Type	Description
clientName	string	Public name of the hiring client
clientCountry	string	Country the client is based in
clientUrl	string	Link to the client's profile
proposalCount	number	Number of bids the project has received
isUrgent	boolean	Whether the project is flagged urgent
isFeatured	boolean	Whether the project is featured/promoted

Meta

Field	Type	Description
postedDate	string	When the project was posted (ISO-style timestamp)
expiryDate	string	When the project listing expires
postedRelative	string	Relative posting time when the site provides one
searchQuery	string	The keyword that surfaced this project
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp of data collection

Tips for Best Results

• Leave maxResults at 0 to capture an entire category's open demand — perfect for a full snapshot of what clients are hiring for right now in your niche.
• Use Most recent sort for outreach — fresh postings are where new leads live; the most recent projects have the fewest existing proposals.
• Watch proposalCount to find low-competition leads — a project with 0-3 proposals is far easier to win than one with 30, so sort your output by this field before pitching.
• Turn off descriptions for fast volume runs — when you only need titles, budgets, categories, and links for market sizing, switching off full descriptions makes runs lighter and quicker.
• Combine a keyword with a category to tighten results to exactly the segment you serve, instead of scanning a broad keyword across every category.
• Compare native currencies, not converted estimates — because every budget keeps its original GBP/USD/EUR, you can benchmark true regional rates without conversion drift.
• Run several keywords in one job — list every service variant you offer in searchQueries; deduplication keeps the merged lead list clean.

Pricing

From $3.00 per 1,000 results — undercuts comparable PeoplePerHour data tools while returning structured budgets, skills, proposal counts, and client details. Bronze, Silver, and Gold subscribers pay progressively less; the table below shows total cost at each discount tier.

Results	No discount	Bronze	Silver	Gold
100	$0.36	$0.34	$0.32	$0.30
1,000	$3.60	$3.40	$3.20	$3.00
10,000	$36.00	$34.00	$32.00	$30.00
100,000	$360.00	$340.00	$320.00	$300.00

A "result" is any project row in the output dataset. There are no compute or time-based charges — you pay per result, plus a small fixed per-run start fee.

Integrations

Export data in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS. Connect to 1,500+ apps via:

• Zapier / Make / n8n — Workflow automation
• Google Sheets — Direct spreadsheet export
• Slack / Email — Notifications on new results
• Webhooks — Trigger custom APIs on run completion
• Apify API — Full programmatic access

Legal & Ethical Use

This actor is designed for legitimate market research, lead generation, and competitive analysis of publicly listed freelance projects. Users are responsible for complying with applicable laws and PeoplePerHour's Terms of Service. Do not use extracted data for spam, harassment, or any unlawful purpose, and handle any personal data in line with relevant privacy regulations.