Reed.co.uk Scraper

Scrape structured job listings from Reed.co.uk — United Kingdom. 250,000+ active listings. No API key required.

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Why this scraper?

🇬🇧 UK's largest job board — 250,000+ listings

Reed.co.uk is the UK's number one job site, covering every sector from finance and tech to retail and healthcare.

📄 Full job descriptions via JSON-LD

Descriptions sourced from Reed's structured JSON-LD data — highly reliable and consistently formatted.

💰 Structured GBP salary data

Salary ranges parsed into salaryMin, salaryMax, salaryPeriod (YEAR/MONTH/DAY/HOUR) in GBP.

🔎 Advanced filtering

Filter by contract type (permanent, contract, temp), full/part-time, salary band, and posting recency.

🔄 Repost detection

Cross-run deduplication with a 90-day TTL. Use skipReposts: true for new-only feeds.

⚙️ No API key required

Runs without any Reed API credentials.

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Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
keywords	string	Job title, keyword, or skill to search for.	—
locationName	string	City, town, or region to search in. Leave empty for all.	—
distanceFromLocation	integer	Distance in miles from the specified location.	10
contractType	string	Contract type filter (e.g. permanent, contract, temporary).	—
partTime	boolean	Filter for part-time positions only.	false
fullTime	boolean	Filter for full-time positions only.	false
minimumSalary	string	Minimum salary filter (in GBP/year for Reed).	—
maximumSalary	integer	Maximum salary filter (in GBP/year for Reed).	100
graduate	boolean	Filter for graduate-level positions.	false
postedByRecruitmentAgency	boolean	Filter for agency-posted listings only.	false
daysOld	integer	Only return listings published within the last N days.	—
maxResults	integer	Maximum number of results to return.	5
fetchDetails	boolean	Fetch full job description from each listing detail page. Disable for faster list-only results.	true
skipReposts	boolean	Skip listings already seen in previous runs (90-day deduplication window).	false
startUrls	array	List of specific URLs to scrape. Bypasses the search input.	—

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Output schema

Each result contains the following fields.

Always present:

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique job listing ID from the source platform.
url	string	Direct URL to the job listing.
title	string	Job title as published.
company	string	Employer / company name.
location	string	Full location string as published.
city	string	City of the work location.
country	string	Country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2).
contractType	string	Contract type (permanent, contract, temporary, etc.).
workSchedule	string	Work schedule (full-time, part-time, etc.).
salaryMin	number	Minimum salary (null if not published by employer).
salaryMax	number	Maximum salary (null if not published by employer).
salaryCurrency	string	ISO 4217 currency code (null if no salary published).
salaryPeriod	string	Salary period: YEAR / MONTH / WEEK / DAY / HOUR.
publishDate	string	Publication date (YYYY-MM-DD).
publishDateISO	string	Publication date in ISO 8601 format.
source	string	Source domain name.
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when this item was scraped.
contentHash	string	MD5 hash of key fields for change detection (16 chars).
summary	string	Human-readable one-line summary of the listing.
changeStatus	string	Change status: NEW / MODIFIED / UNCHANGED.
isRepost	boolean	True if this listing was seen in a previous run (90-day window).
originalPublishDate	string	Original publish date if this is a repost (null otherwise).
originalUrl	string	Original URL if this is a repost (null otherwise).
locationFull	string	Full location string including region.
recruiterType	string	Whether posted by a direct employer or recruitment agency.
expiryDate	string	Listing expiry date (ISO 8601, null if not available).

With fetchDetails: true (default):

Field	Type	Description
descriptionHtml	string	Full job description as raw HTML (null if fetchDetails is false).
descriptionText	string	Full job description as plain text (null if fetchDetails is false).
descriptionMarkdown	string	Full job description in Markdown format (null if fetchDetails is false).
applyUrl	string	Direct application URL or Reed's apply page URL.

Example output record:

{
  "id": "123456",
  "url": "https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/senior-developer/123456",
  "title": "Senior Data Analyst",
  "company": "HSBC",
  "location": "London",
  "city": "London",
  "country": "GB",
  "contractType": "Permanent",
  "workSchedule": "Full-time",
  "salaryMin": 45000,
  "salaryMax": 60750,
  "salaryCurrency": "GBP",
  "salaryPeriod": "YEAR",
  "publishDate": "2026-04-15",
  "publishDateISO": "2026-04-15",
  "source": "reed.co.uk",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-24T09:00:00.000Z",
  "contentHash": "a3f1b2c4d5e67890",
  "summary": "Senior Data Analyst · HSBC · London",
  "changeStatus": "NEW",
  "isRepost": false,
  "originalPublishDate": null,
  "originalUrl": null,
  "locationFull": null,
  "recruiterType": null,
  "expiryDate": null,
  "descriptionHtml": "<p>We are looking for an experienced professional to join our growing team...</p>",
  "descriptionText": "We are looking for an experienced professional to join our growing team...",
  "descriptionMarkdown": "We are looking for an experienced professional to join our growing team...",
  "applyUrl": null
}

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Examples

1 — Search for Senior Data Analyst roles in London

{
  "keywords": "data analyst",
  "locationName": "London",
  "maxResults": 100
}

2 — Filter by contract type — permanent positions only

{
  "keywords": "",
  "contractType": "permanent",
  "maxResults": 200
}

3 — Scrape a specific search page directly via startUrls

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs?q=data+analyst"
    }
  ],
  "maxResults": 50
}

4 — Daily feed — new listings only, past 24 hours, no reposts

{
  "keywords": "",
  "fetchDetails": false,
  "daysOld": 1,
  "skipReposts": true,
  "maxResults": 1000
}

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💰 Pricing

$1.50 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	~$1.50
10,000	~$15.00
100,000	~$150.00

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	Approx. time
100 listings	~2 min
1,000 listings	~15 min
10,000 listings	~2.5 hours

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Known limitations

• Salary: Listings marked 'Competitive' have null salary fields.
• Pagination cap: Reed returns max ~1,000 results per search. Use startUrls with targeted queries for more coverage.
• fetchDetails: Setting fetchDetails: false returns list-page fields only.

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Technical details

• Source: reed.co.uk — United Kingdom's job market
• Memory: 256 MB
• Repost storage: KeyValueStore reed-co-uk-job-dedup, 90-day TTL
• Retry: Automatic retry on network errors, 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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