# Totaljobs Job Scraper — Search & Extract UK Job Listings (`unfenced-group/totaljobs-scraper`) Actor Extract job listings from Totaljobs.com. Search by keyword and location across the UK. Returns structured job data including title, company, salary, location, and publication date. No API key needed. - **URL**: https://apify.com/unfenced-group/totaljobs-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Unfenced Group](https://apify.com/unfenced-group) (community) - **Categories:** Jobs - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $1.50 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Totaljobs Job Scraper Extract job listings from [Totaljobs.com](https://www.totaljobs.com), the UK's leading job board. Search by keyword and location to get structured job data including title, company, salary, and publication date. ### Features - Search by keyword and location across the UK - Extract job title, company, salary, location, postcode, and publication date - ISO-format dates for easy filtering and sorting - Client-side `daysOld` filtering (1–30 days) - Optional full job description (HTML, plain text, Markdown) - Deduplication across runs — no repeated listings - Respects robots.txt — responsible scraping ### Input | Parameter | Type | Default | Description | |---|---|---|---| | `searchQuery` | String | `"developer"` | Job title or keyword to search for | | `location` | String | `"London"` | UK city or region | | `maxResults` | Integer | `50` | Maximum number of jobs to return (max 125) | | `daysOld` | Integer | `null` | Only return jobs posted within N days | | `fetchDetails` | Boolean | `false` | Fetch full description from each job page | #### Example input ```json { "searchQuery": "software engineer", "location": "Manchester", "maxResults": 50, "daysOld": 7 } ```` ### Output Each result contains: ```json { "jobId": "107148895", "title": "Python Developer / Team Lead", "url": "https://www.totaljobs.com/job/python-developer-team-lead/client-server-job107148895", "company": "Client Server", "companyId": "1375834", "city": "Soho", "location": "Soho, Central London (W1), W1D", "postCode": "W1D", "contractType": "FULL_TIME", "workSchedule": "Permanent", "publishDate": "2026-04-20", "publishDateISO": "2026-04-20T08:05:45.453Z", "publishToDate": "2026-04-27", "salaryText": "£90000 - £120000 per annum + benefits", "isSponsored": false, "isHighlighted": false, "section": "main", "textSnippet": "Are you a skilled Python Developer...", "harmonisedId": "81018dcf-8d16-45e6-abd2-11345df75865", "source": "totaljobs.com", "language": "en", "scrapedAt": "2026-04-26T12:16:26.000Z" } ``` When `fetchDetails: true` is set, the following additional fields are populated: | Field | Description | |---|---| | `descriptionHtml` | Full job description as HTML | | `descriptionText` | Full job description as plain text | | `descriptionMarkdown` | Full job description as Markdown | | `salaryMin` | Minimum salary (numeric) | | `salaryMax` | Maximum salary (numeric) | | `salaryPeriod` | Pay period (YEAR, MONTH, HOUR) | | `salaryCurrency` | Currency code (GBP) | ### Pricing **$1.49 per 1,000 results** (Pay Per Event) - Actor start: $0.00005 - Per result: $0.0015 With `fetchDetails: false` (default), proxy costs are minimal — approximately $0.24/1k results. The scraper is optimised for cost-efficient extraction. ### Performance - Up to **125 results per run** (robots.txt limit of 5 pages × 25 results) - Typical run time: 30–90 seconds for 50 results - With `fetchDetails: true`: 3–5 minutes for 50 results (requires one request per job) ### Notes - Results are deduplicated across runs using a persistent store with 90-day TTL - The `daysOld` filter is applied client-side and does not affect the URL requested - Searching `?radius=` and `?postedWithin=` URL parameters are excluded per robots.txt - Dublin and other Irish cities return results from Totaljobs's UK index ### Banner ![Totaljobs Job Scraper Banner](https://i.imgur.com/2yb7uN8.png) # Actor input Schema ## `searchQuery` (type: `string`): Job title, skill, or keyword to search for. ## `location` (type: `string`): City, postcode, or area to search in. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of job listings to extract. Capped at 125 due to robots.txt pagination limit (5 pages × 25 results). ## `daysOld` (type: `integer`): Only return jobs posted within this many days. Leave empty for all jobs. ## `skipReposts` (type: `boolean`): Exclude jobs already seen in previous runs of this actor. ## `fetchDetails` (type: `boolean`): Fetch full job description and structured data from each detail page. Set to false for a faster, list-only run. ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): Specific Totaljobs search or job detail URLs to scrape instead of using the search form. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Proxy settings — RESIDENTIAL GB proxy is required for Totaljobs. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchQuery": "software engineer", "location": "London", "maxResults": 100, "fetchDetails": true } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `OUTPUT` (type: `string`): No description # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("unfenced-group/totaljobs-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("unfenced-group/totaljobs-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call unfenced-group/totaljobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=unfenced-group/totaljobs-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Totaljobs Job Scraper — Search & Extract UK Job Listings", "description": "Extract job listings from Totaljobs.com. Search by keyword and location across the UK. Returns structured job data including title, company, salary, location, and publication date. No API key needed.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "tXbUVHHBVXArraFYl" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/unfenced-group~totaljobs-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-unfenced-group-totaljobs-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/unfenced-group~totaljobs-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-unfenced-group-totaljobs-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/unfenced-group~totaljobs-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-unfenced-group-totaljobs-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "searchQuery": { "title": "Search query", "type": "string", "description": "Job title, skill, or keyword to search for." }, "location": { "title": "Location", "type": "string", "description": "City, postcode, or area to search in." }, "maxResults": { "title": "Maximum results", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of job listings to extract. Capped at 125 due to robots.txt pagination limit (5 pages × 25 results).", "default": 100 }, "daysOld": { "title": "Maximum job age (days)", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Only return jobs posted within this many days. Leave empty for all jobs." }, "skipReposts": { "title": "Skip reposted jobs", "type": "boolean", "description": "Exclude jobs already seen in previous runs of this actor." }, "fetchDetails": { "title": "Fetch detail pages", "type": "boolean", "description": "Fetch full job description and structured data from each detail page. Set to false for a faster, list-only run.", "default": true }, "startUrls": { "title": "Start URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Specific Totaljobs search or job detail URLs to scrape instead of using the search form.", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Proxy settings — RESIDENTIAL GB proxy is required for Totaljobs." } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```