Careers24 Scraper

Extract structured job listings from Careers24.com — South Africa's leading recruitment platform with 7,000+ active vacancies across all sectors and provinces. Returns full job details including salary, description, contract type, and company information. No API key required.

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Why this scraper?

🇿🇦 Full South Africa coverage

Access all 7,000+ live job listings spanning every province and major city — from Johannesburg and Cape Town to Durban, Pretoria, and beyond.

🔎 Flexible search and filtering

Search by keywords and location ID, filter by contract type (Permanent, Contract, Temporary, Part-Time, Internship), and limit results to jobs posted within 1, 7, 14, or 30 days.

💰 Salary data in ZAR

Where disclosed by the recruiter, salary figures are returned as structured salaryMin, salaryMax, salaryCurrency (ZAR), and salaryPeriod (MONTH/YEAR/HOUR) fields.

📋 Three description formats

Every job listing includes the full description as raw HTML (descriptionHtml), plain text (descriptionText), and Markdown (descriptionMarkdown) — ready for downstream processing or LLM pipelines.

🔄 Cross-run deduplication

A 90-day deduplication store (careers24-scraper-job-dedup) tracks previously seen listings. Enable skipReposts to receive only genuinely new postings on each scheduled run.

⚡ Fast and lightweight

Runs in 256 MB memory. Suitable for large scheduled extractions — 1,000 results typically complete in under 10 minutes.

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Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
keywords	string	""	Job title or keywords. Leave blank for all listings.
locationId	integer	1	Numeric location ID. 1 = all of South Africa. See table below.
maxItems	integer	100	Maximum number of results to return.
daysOld	integer	—	Max age in days: 1, 7, 14, or 30. Leave blank for all.
contractType	select	any	any, permanent, contract, temporary, part-time, internship
fetchDetails	boolean	true	Fetch full description and salary from each listing page.
skipReposts	boolean	false	Skip listings already seen in previous runs.
startUrls	array	[]	Optional: scrape specific listing URLs directly.

Common location IDs

Location	locationId
All of South Africa	1

For city and suburb-level IDs, use the Careers24 search interface and note the locationid parameter in the resulting URL, then pass it directly as input.

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Output schema

{
  "id": "2356513",
  "url": "https://www.careers24.com/jobs/adverts/2356513-senior-software-engineer-sandton/",
  "title": "Senior Software Engineer",
  "location": "Sandton, Gauteng",
  "region": "Gauteng",
  "jobType": "Permanent",
  "company": "Discovery Health",
  "companyUrl": "https://www.careers24.com/now-hiring/12345-discovery-health/",
  "descriptionHtml": "<div class=\"job-description\">We are looking for...</div>",
  "descriptionText": "We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join...",
  "descriptionMarkdown": "## About the role\n\nWe are looking for a Senior...",
  "salaryMin": 55000,
  "salaryMax": 75000,
  "salaryCurrency": "ZAR",
  "salaryPeriod": "MONTH",
  "publishDate": "2026-04-23",
  "publishDateISO": "2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z",
  "daysLeft": 61,
  "applyUrl": null,
  "contentHash": "a3f9c12d8e7b0145",
  "source": "careers24.com",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-23T09:14:52.341Z",
  "isRepost": false,
  "originalPublishDate": null,
  "originalUrl": null
}

Field notes:

• salaryMin / salaryMax — null when the recruiter posts "Market Related" (majority of listings)
• salaryCurrency — always ZAR
• applyUrl — null when application is handled internally on Careers24
• region — extracted province name when determinable from location string
• daysLeft — remaining display time as posted by Careers24
• isRepost — true if this listing was seen in a previous run within 90 days

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Examples

1 — All IT jobs in Gauteng, last 7 days

{
  "keywords": "IT",
  "locationId": 1,
  "daysOld": 7,
  "contractType": "any",
  "maxItems": 200
}

2 — Permanent accounting roles, max 50

{
  "keywords": "accountant",
  "contractType": "permanent",
  "maxItems": 50
}

3 — Daily delta feed (new listings only)

{
  "keywords": "",
  "locationId": 1,
  "daysOld": 1,
  "skipReposts": true,
  "maxItems": 500
}

4 — Specific listing URLs

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.careers24.com/jobs/adverts/2356513-senior-software-engineer-sandton/" }
  ]
}

5 — Fast list-only scan (no detail fetching)

{
  "keywords": "nurse",
  "fetchDetails": false,
  "maxItems": 1000
}

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💰 Pricing

$1.49 per 1,000 results — you only pay for successfully retrieved listings. Failed retries and filtered reposts are never charged.

Results	Cost
100	~$0.15
1,000	~$1.49
10,000	~$14.90
100,000	~$149.00

Flat-rate alternatives typically charge $29–$49/month regardless of usage.

Use the Max results cap in the input to control your spend exactly.

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Performance

Run size	Fetch details	Approx. time
100 results	Yes	~2 min
1,000 results	Yes	~15 min
5,000 results	Yes	~75 min
10,000 results	No	~20 min

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Known limitations

• Salary data is absent for the majority of listings (recruiters post "Market Related")
• Apply URLs are typically unavailable — applications are handled within the Careers24 platform
• Location IDs for cities and suburbs must be looked up manually from the Careers24 search URL
• International listings (outside South Africa) are included in locationId=1 results; use daysOld or keywords filters to narrow scope

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Technical details

• Source: careers24.com — South Africa's leading online job board, part of Media24/Naspers
• Memory: 256 MB
• Repost storage: KeyValueStore careers24-scraper-job-dedup, 90-day TTL
• Retry: Automatic retry on network errors with exponential backoff, 3 attempts per request

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Additional services

Need a custom actor, additional filters, scheduled runs, or integration support? Send an email to info@unfencedgroup.nl — we build on request.

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