Upwork Scraper

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Scrape Upwork freelance job listings — titles, descriptions, budgets, required skills, public client history, and proposal activity.

What you get

Structured freelance job data from Upwork, the world's largest freelance marketplace. Search by keyword and get job titles, full descriptions, budgets (fixed or hourly), required skills, experience levels, plus the proposal range and client history that Upwork exposes publicly. No Upwork login needed.

Output fields

Field	Description
title	Job title
description	Full job description
budget_type	Fixed or Hourly
budget_min	Minimum budget (fixed-price jobs)
budget_max	Maximum budget (fixed-price jobs)
hourly_rate	Hourly rate range (hourly jobs)
skills	Required skills / tags
experience_level	Entry, Intermediate, or Expert
client_rating	Client's overall rating on Upwork
client_spend	Client's total historical spend on Upwork
client_location	Client's city and country, when public
client_hires	Total number of hires by the client
proposals_range	Public proposal range bucket (e.g., "20 to 50")
is_featured	Whether the job is featured
project_length	Expected project duration
posted_date	When the job was posted
country	Client/job country
client_member_since	Date the client joined Upwork, when public detail enrichment is enabled
client_total_hours	Total client hours shown publicly, when available
payment_verified	Whether Upwork publicly marks the client's payment method verified
url	Upwork job URL

Example output

{
    "title": "React Native Mobile App Developer",
    "description": "Looking for an experienced React Native developer to build a cross-platform marketplace app from scratch...",
    "budget_type": "Fixed",
    "budget_min": 5000,
    "budget_max": 10000,
    "skills": ["React Native", "JavaScript", "iOS", "Android"],
    "experience_level": "Expert",
    "client_rating": 4.8,
    "client_spend": "$150K total spent",
    "client_location": "Austin, United States",
    "client_hires": 28,
    "proposals_range": "20 to 50",
    "payment_verified": true,
    "project_length": "1 to 3 months",
    "posted_date": "2026-04-20",
    "url": "https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~01abcdef1234567890"
}

Input parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
queries	Yes	Search queries (e.g., ["python developer", "react frontend"]). Each query runs a separate Upwork search.
maxResults	No	Maximum total jobs to return across all queries. Upwork shows 10 jobs per page. Default 5.
includeJobDetails	No	Default true. Enriches rows with public proposal and client history fields. Set to false for the fastest search-only run.
proxyConfiguration	No	Apify proxy settings. Leave default for best results.

Use cases

• Freelancers: Track new postings in your niche, compare budgets, and calibrate proposal pricing.
• Agencies: Monitor demand for specific skills and spot clients with large spend histories.
• Market researchers: Analyze freelance rates and project volumes by skill and region.
• Recruiters: Understand freelance compensation ranges when planning internal budgets.

Pricing

Pay-per-result pricing. Tiered discounts apply automatically based on usage volume.

Tier	Price per result
FREE	$0.008
BRONZE	$0.006
SILVER	$0.005
GOLD	$0.004

Limitations

• Upwork listings are time-sensitive and can close within hours of posting.
• Client and proposal fields reflect only what Upwork displays on the anonymous public job page; new or private clients may not show spend, hires, hours, rating, or payment status.
• Upwork does not expose the Connects required to anonymous visitors, so this no-login Actor does not return or estimate Connects. That value is visible only in Upwork's authenticated application flow and can change while a job is live.
• Budget ranges and proposal ranges are marketplace estimates, not final contract terms or exact applicant counts.
• Upwork has aggressive bot protection; very large parallel runs may slow down.

Compared to alternatives

• vs. neatrat/upwork-scraper (~$0.0035 per result, 2.9K users): Their scraper is cheaper thanks to a cookie-pool trick. This actor is positioned as the reliable, no-setup alternative — you get the same fields without maintaining cookie pools, and it keeps working when their cookie pool gets burned.

Pairs well with LinkedIn Profile Scraper for enriching client or freelancer research.

FAQ

Do I need an Upwork account? No. The actor only reads public search results.

Can I filter by budget type or experience level? Not directly via input today — include terms in your queries (e.g., "expert python developer") for keyword-level targeting.

How many jobs can I pull per run? Up to 500 via maxResults. Bear in mind Upwork only returns 10 per page, so large runs walk through many pages.

How fresh is the data? Pulled live at run time — as fresh as Upwork itself.

Last verified: 2026-07

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