Reed.co.uk Scraper

Extract job listings from reed.co.uk at scale, in a clean, consistent structure ready for analysis, job boards, recruiting tools and market research. No API key required.

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Why this scraper?

🎯 Built for the United Kingdom

A dedicated British scraper, not a global tool with a country dropdown. Search, locations and currency (GBP) are tuned for reed.co.uk.

📄 Complete job data

Full job title and description, direct listing URL and publish date for every record.

💶 Salary data

Salary information parsed from the listing where the employer publishes it, in GBP. Missing salaries are returned as null, never guessed.

📍 Location fields

Structured location data for every listing, ready for filtering and analysis.

🔁 Repost & change detection

Every record carries isRepost and changeStatus, so daily feeds return genuinely new jobs instead of reposted duplicates.

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Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchQuery	string	"developer"	Search keywords (e.g. 'software developer', 'nurse').
locationName	string	(empty)	City or region (e.g. 'London', 'Manchester').
distanceFromLocation	integer	10	Radius in miles around the specified location.
contractType	string	"Permanent"	Filter by contract type: permanent, contract, or temp.
partTime	boolean	false	Only return part-time roles.
fullTime	boolean	false	Only return full-time roles.
minimumSalary	integer	(empty)	Minimum salary filter in GBP per year.
maximumSalary	integer	(empty)	Maximum salary filter in GBP per year.
graduate	boolean	false	Only return graduate roles.
postedByRecruitmentAgency	boolean	false	Only return listings posted by recruitment agencies.
daysOld	integer	(empty)	Only return jobs posted within the last N days.
skipReposts	boolean	false	Skip jobs already seen in previous runs.
startUrls	array	(empty)	List of specific Reed.co.uk search or job page URLs to scrape.
fetchDetails	boolean	false	Fetch full job details from individual listing pages.
maxItems	integer	100	Maximum number of results to return. 0 = no limit.

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Output schema

Every field below is present on every record. Fields the source does not publish for a given job are returned as null rather than omitted.

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique listing ID from the source.
title	string	Job title
url	string	Direct link to the listing
applyUrl	string	Direct application link.
employer	string	Hiring company or recruiter name
location	string	Location as displayed
salaryMin	number	Minimum salary (null if not published by the employer).
salaryMax	number	Maximum salary (null if not published by the employer).
salaryPeriod	string	Pay period the salary refers to (e.g. year, month, hour).
currency	string	Currency.
salaryRaw	string	Salary text as displayed, e.g. £45,000 - £55,000 per annum
contractType	string	e.g. Permanent, Contract, Temporary
workSchedule	string	e.g. Full-time, Part-time
remoteWorkingOption	string	e.g. Remote, Hybrid, Office based
expiryDate	string	Date the listing expires (null if not stated).
publishDate	string	Date posted
description	string	Full job description in plain text.
descriptionText	string	Full job description in plain text.
descriptionMarkdown	string	Description markdown.
contentHash	string	Stable hash of the listing content, used for repost and change detection.
summary	string	Summary.
source	string	Source.
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 scrape timestamp
isRepost	boolean	true when the listing is a repost of an earlier job (detected by content hash).
originalPublishDate	string	Original publish date.
originalUrl	string	Original url.

Example record

{
  "id": "57002409",
  "title": "Software Developer",
  "url": "https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/software-developer/57002409",
  "applyUrl": "https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/software-developer/57002409",
  "employer": "Matchtech",
  "location": "Dorking",
  "salaryMin": 45000,
  "salaryMax": 65000,
  "salaryPeriod": "YEAR",
  "currency": "GBP",
  "salaryRaw": "£45,000 - £65,000 per year",
  "contractType": "Permanent",
  "workSchedule": "Full-time",
  "remoteWorkingOption": "On-Site",
  "expiryDate": "2026-07-22",
  "publishDate": "2026-06-09",
  "description": "Successful candidate must hold a minimum of SC clearance and be willing to undergo DV (Developed Vetting) clearance. More information can be found here - National security vetting: clearance levels - …",
  "descriptionText": "Successful candidate must hold a minimum of SC clearance and be willing to undergo DV (Developed Vetting) clearance. More information can be found here - National security vetting: clearance levels - …",
  "descriptionMarkdown": "Successful candidate must hold a minimum of SC clearance and be willing to undergo DV (Developed Vetting) clearance. More information can be found here - National security vetting: clearance levels - …",
  "contentHash": "2d67c6bd7e14db8c",
  "summary": "Software Developer | Matchtech | Dorking | £45,000 - £65,000 per year",
  "source": "reed.co.uk",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-26T14:14:02.152Z",
  "isRepost": false,
  "originalPublishDate": null,
  "originalUrl": null
}

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Examples

Search for project manager roles in Leeds:

{
  "searchQuery": "project manager",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Filter by contract type:

{
  "searchQuery": "project manager",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "contractType": "Permanent"
}

Scrape a specific search URL:

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.reed.co.uk/"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 200
}

Daily feed (run on a schedule):

{
  "searchQuery": "project manager",
  "daysOld": 1,
  "skipReposts": true,
  "maxItems": 500
}

Schedule this input to run once a day in the Apify Scheduler — each run returns only jobs posted in the last 24 hours.

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💰 Pricing

$1.5 per 1,000 results — you only pay for successfully retrieved listings. Failed retries are never charged.

Results	Cost
100	~$0.15
1,000	~$1.5
10,000	~$15
100,000	~$150

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

Subscription tiers lower the rate further, down to $0.9 per 1,000 at the highest tier. Use the Max results cap in the input to control your spend exactly.

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Performance

Run size	Typical time
100 results	under 1 minute
1,000 results	2–4 minutes
10,000 results	20–35 minutes

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Known limitations

• Salary is only returned when the employer publishes it — many listings carry null salary fields.
• Company details vary per listing; the scraper returns what the source publishes and never invents data.
• Very large result sets are bounded by the source's own paging limits.
• Listings can be removed by the source at any time, so a small share of URLs may expire shortly after scraping.

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Technical details

• Source: reed.co.uk — the United Kingdom job listings
• Coverage: everything the public search exposes, filterable via the input parameters above
• Retry: automatic retry on network errors with exponential backoff

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