# Úřad Práce ČR Scraper - Czech Public Employment Service Jobs (`studio-amba/uradprace-scraper`) Actor

Scrape job vacancies from Úřad práce ČR (up.gov.cz), Czechia's national public employment service. Search by occupation keyword. Extract titles, employers, salaries, locations, CZ-ISCO occupation codes, and foreign-worker eligibility flags. No login required.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/studio-amba/uradprace-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Studio Amba](https://apify.com/studio-amba) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.20 / 1,000 result scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

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# README

### What does Úřad Práce ČR Scraper do?

**Úřad Práce ČR Scraper** extracts job vacancies from [up.gov.cz](https://up.gov.cz), the official job search of Úřad práce ČR, Czechia's national public employment service. It collects job titles, employers (with Czech company ID / IČO), locations, salaries, CZ-ISCO occupation codes, minimum education, and — optionally — the hiring contact's name, email, and phone, directly from the site's own JSON search API. No login or cookies required.

Use it on the Apify platform to get structured Czech labour-market data via API, schedule recurring scrapes, and integrate with tools like Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, and Slack.

### How to scrape Úřad práce ČR data

1. Go to the Úřad Práce ČR Scraper on the Apify Store.
2. Click **Try for free** to open the actor in the Apify Console.
3. Enter a Czech-language occupation keyword (e.g. "účetní", "programátor", "řidič") or leave it empty to browse all current active vacancies nationwide.
4. Set the maximum number of results you want.
5. Optionally toggle off "Fetch Contact Details" if you only need the search-result summary (faster, fewer requests).
6. Click **Start** and wait for the run to finish.
7. Download your data as JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML from the Output tab.

### Why use Úřad Práce ČR Scraper?

- **Recruitment and hiring** — Monitor vacancies registered with the Czech public employment service to understand hiring trends by region, sector, and occupation.
- **Salary research** — Benchmark salaries employers report to the labour office, by CZ-ISCO occupation code, city, and district.
- **Labor market analysis** — Track which occupations and districts have the most open positions, and which employers are hiring most actively.
- **Lead generation** — Every vacancy includes the employer's Czech company ID (IČO) and, when enabled, a direct hiring-contact email and phone — a clean join key for B2B/recruitment outreach.
- **Foreign-labour research** — Vacancies flag whether they're open to non-EU workers, employee-card holders, EU Blue Card holders, or asylum seekers — a field set unique to this government PES, not found on commercial job boards.
- **Academic and public-policy research** — Gather structured Czech labour-market data straight from the official employment service registry.

### Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `searchQuery` | String | No | Czech-language occupation keyword (e.g. "účetní", "programátor", "řidič"). Matched against the vacancy's requested-occupation field. Leave empty to browse all current active vacancies. |
| `maxResults` | Integer | No | Maximum number of job vacancies to scrape (default: 100, max: 20000). |
| `fetchContactDetails` | Boolean | No | Fetch the hiring contact's name, email, phone, and the employer website per vacancy (default: `true`, 1 extra request per job). Disable for faster, lighter runs — this only changes how *complete* each record is, not how many records you get. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | No | Proxy settings. up.gov.cz's job API has no anti-bot protection and isn't geo-locked, so Apify's automatic/free proxy pool is used by default — no residential proxy needed. |

### Output

Each result contains structured data about a single job vacancy. You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

#### Example output

```json
{
    "title": "Mzdoví účetní pouze OZP",
    "referenceNumber": "17935690717",
    "numberOfPositions": 1,
    "company": "Conspiro qua, s.r.o.",
    "companyId": "03997804",
    "city": "Havířov",
    "district": "Karviná",
    "workplaceName": "Conspiro qua, s.r.o. - pracoviště",
    "iscoCode": "43130",
    "iscoOccupation": "Mzdoví účetní",
    "salaryFrom": 30000,
    "salaryTo": null,
    "salaryPeriod": "Kč/měsíc",
    "currency": "CZK",
    "minEducation": "ÚSO s maturitou (bez vyučení)",
    "workRegime": "Jednosměnný provoz",
    "status": "Požadavek byl úřadem práce přijat",
    "office": "Kontaktní pracoviště Karviná",
    "foreignWorkerNonEu": false,
    "employeeCardEligible": false,
    "blueCardEligible": false,
    "asylumSeekerEligible": false,
    "postedDate": "2026-08-05T22:00:00.000Z",
    "changedDate": "2026-08-06T21:00:14.000Z",
    "expiresDate": "2026-09-29T22:00:00.000Z",
    "contactName": "Gabriela Krátká",
    "contactPosition": "HR",
    "contactEmail": "kratka@con-spiro.cz",
    "contactPhone": "603338162",
    "employerWebsite": "www.con-spiro.cz",
    "url": "https://up.gov.cz/volna-mista-v-cr#/volna-mista-detail/67281815",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-08-07T14:13:44.968Z"
}
```

### Data fields

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `title` | String | Requested occupation / job title as registered by the employer |
| `referenceNumber` | String | Úřad práce vacancy reference number |
| `numberOfPositions` | Integer | Number of open positions for this vacancy |
| `company` | String | Employer name |
| `companyId` | String | Czech business registration number (IČO) of the employer |
| `city` | String | Municipality where the job is located |
| `district` | String | District (okres) where the job is located |
| `workplaceName` | String | Name of the specific workplace/branch, when disclosed |
| `iscoCode` | String | Official CZ-ISCO occupation classification code |
| `iscoOccupation` | String | Official CZ-ISCO occupation classification name |
| `salaryFrom` | Number | Minimum monthly salary, when disclosed |
| `salaryTo` | Number | Maximum monthly salary, when disclosed |
| `salaryPeriod` | String | Salary period label as shown by the site, e.g. "Kč/měsíc" |
| `currency` | String | Always "CZK" |
| `minEducation` | String | Minimum required education level |
| `workRegime` | String | Shift pattern / working-time regime |
| `status` | String | Vacancy processing status at the labour office |
| `office` | String | Labour office branch handling this vacancy |
| `foreignWorkerNonEu` | Boolean | Open to workers from outside the EU |
| `employeeCardEligible` | Boolean | Qualifies for a Czech employee card (zaměstnanecká karta) |
| `blueCardEligible` | Boolean | Qualifies for an EU Blue Card |
| `asylumSeekerEligible` | Boolean | Open to asylum seekers |
| `postedDate` | String | ISO 8601 date the vacancy was registered |
| `changedDate` | String | ISO 8601 date the vacancy was last updated |
| `expiresDate` | String | ISO 8601 date the listing expires, when set |
| `contactName` | String | Hiring contact's name (only with `fetchContactDetails`) |
| `contactPosition` | String | Hiring contact's role (only with `fetchContactDetails`) |
| `contactEmail` | String | Hiring contact's email, when disclosed (only with `fetchContactDetails`) |
| `contactPhone` | String | Hiring contact's phone, when disclosed (only with `fetchContactDetails`) |
| `employerWebsite` | String | Employer's website, when disclosed (only with `fetchContactDetails`) |
| `url` | String | Direct URL to the vacancy detail view on up.gov.cz |
| `scrapedAt` | String | ISO 8601 timestamp of when the data was collected |

### Cost estimate

This actor calls up.gov.cz's own JSON search API directly rather than rendering pages in a browser, so it runs fast and cheap — roughly **0.2–0.5 compute units per 1,000 results** with contact details enabled (1 extra request per job), or about half that with `fetchContactDetails` off. At standard Apify pricing that's well under $0.30 per 1,000 job vacancies. As with any Apify actor, the run's usage cost only settles once the run reports SUCCEEDED — reading a mid-run/in-progress dataset understates the eventual cost.

### Tips

- Use specific occupation keywords to get more relevant results and reduce run time.
- Leave `searchQuery` empty to pull the newest vacancies across all of Czechia.
- Turn off `fetchContactDetails` if you only need title/company/location/salary — it roughly halves the number of requests.
- Schedule recurring runs to track new vacancies daily or weekly.
- Combine with other Czech job board scrapers (jobs.cz, prace.cz) for full national coverage across both public and private-sector postings.

### Limitations

- No free-text job-ad description field exists in this data source — Czech PES vacancies are structured form submissions by the employer, not marketing copy, so there is no long description field to extract.
- Salary data is not available for all vacancies — some employers do not disclose a figure.
- Contact email/phone are only populated when `fetchContactDetails` is enabled, and even then some employers leave them blank.
- Data is scraped from the public up.gov.cz website and may change without notice.

### Integrations

Connect Úřad Práce ČR Scraper with your existing tools and workflows:

- **Google Sheets** — Export vacancies directly to a spreadsheet for easy filtering and sharing.
- **Slack** — Get notified when new vacancies matching your criteria appear.
- **Zapier / Make** — Build workflows that react to new job postings in real time.
- **Custom API** — Access all results programmatically via the Apify API in JSON format.

### FAQ and support

**Is it legal to scrape up.gov.cz?** Scraping publicly available data is generally permitted under EU law. This actor only accesses public job vacancies that require no login, via the same API the public search page uses.

**How often is the data updated?** The actor scrapes live data from up.gov.cz each time it runs. Schedule it daily or weekly to track changes.

**I found a bug or have a feature request.** Open an issue in the Issues tab on the actor page. You can also request a custom scraping solution.

### Need this data on a schedule, or a custom version?

We run this scraper as a managed service for businesses: scheduled runs,
deduplication, delta detection, and delivery to your inbox, Google Sheets,
or API — maintenance included. We can also build a custom version with your
exact fields and filters, or combine multiple sources into one feed.

See [studioamba.dev/services](https://studioamba.dev/services/) or email
<hello@studioamba.dev> for a free data sample.
We maintain 300+ European web scrapers and answer within one business day.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Occupation/job keyword in Czech (e.g. 'účetní', 'programátor', 'řidič'). Matched against the vacancy's requested-occupation field. Leave empty to browse all current active vacancies nationwide.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of job vacancies to scrape.

## `fetchContactDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch the hiring contact's name, email, and phone plus the employer website for each vacancy (1 extra request per job). Disable for faster runs when you only need the search-result summary fields (title, employer, salary, location).

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

Proxy settings. up.gov.cz's job API has no anti-bot protection and is not geo-locked, so Apify's automatic/free proxy pool works fine — no residential proxy needed. See docs/site-recon/up-gov-cz.md.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "účetní",
  "maxResults": 20,
  "fetchContactDetails": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "searchQuery": "účetní",
    "maxResults": 20,
    "fetchContactDetails": true,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("studio-amba/uradprace-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 = {
    "searchQuery": "účetní",
    "maxResults": 20,
    "fetchContactDetails": True,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("studio-amba/uradprace-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 '{
  "searchQuery": "účetní",
  "maxResults": 20,
  "fetchContactDetails": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call studio-amba/uradprace-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,studio-amba/uradprace-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/38t6BOF1afZ8HKinn/builds/daFV2HZgu9jEW1weP/openapi.json