Werk.nl Vacatures Scraper

Scrape job listings from Werk.nl — the official Dutch government job board (UWV) with 249,000+ vacancies. The only Dutch job scraper that includes recruiter contact details.

🌟 Unique Feature: Recruiter Contact Details

Unlike any other Dutch job board scraper, this actor extracts direct recruiter contact information available on Werk.nl listings:

{
    "contactName":  "Jan de Vries",
    "contactPhone": "+31201234567",
    "contactEmail": "jan@bedrijf.nl"
}

Available on approximately 60% of listings — invaluable for direct outreach.

Usage

Basic search

{
    "keywords": "developer",
    "location": "Amsterdam",
    "distance": "40",
    "maxResults": 100
}

With filters

{
    "keywords": "verpleegkundige",
    "location": "Rotterdam",
    "distance": "20",
    "contractType": "Vast",
    "educationLevel": "MBO",
    "maxResults": 200
}

Batch search (multiple keywords)

{
    "keywords": "marketing",
    "keywords2": "sales",
    "keywords3": "communicatie",
    "location": "Utrecht",
    "maxResults": 150
}

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
keywords	string	""	Search term or job title
keywords2	string	""	Optional second search term
keywords3	string	""	Optional third search term
location	string	""	City or postal code (empty = all Netherlands)
distance	string	""	Search radius in km
contractType	select	""	Vast / Mogelijk vast / Tijdelijk
educationLevel	select	""	Basisonderwijs / VMBO / MBO / HBO / WO
sortBy	select	"dichtbij"	dichtbij / relevantie / datum
maxResults	integer	100	Max results (1–5000)
fetchDetails	boolean	true	Fetch full details + contact info

Output Schema

{
    "title":            "Senior Frontend Engineer",
    "referenceNumber":  68101116,
    "url":              "https://www.werk.nl/nl/vacatures/68101116",
    "company":          "Poki",
    "companyWebsite":   "http://jobs.lever.co",
    "city":             "AMSTERDAM",
    "postcode":         "1012WZ",
    "address":          "Spui 10 1012WZ AMSTERDAM",
    "distanceKm":       1.7,
    "workLocationType": "Vaste werklocatie",
    "contractType":     "Tijdelijk",
    "hoursMin":         40,
    "hoursMax":         40,
    "education":        "HBO/bachelor",
    "profession":       "Frontend engineer",
    "salary":           "€4000 - €6000",
    "publishDate":      "2026-02-20",
    "expiryDate":       "2026-03-22",
    "contactName":      "Jan de Vries",
    "contactPhone":     "+31201234567",
    "contactEmail":     "jan@bedrijf.nl",
    "applyUrl":         "https://jobs.lever.co/poki/...",
    "isInternship":     false,
    "isForYouth":       false,
    "isFor50Plus":      false,
    "description":      "Full job description...",
    "scrapedAt":        "2026-03-21T12:00:00.000Z"
}

How It Works

Werk.nl is an Angular SPA whose internal API requires active session cookies. The actor uses Playwright to initialize a browser session, then makes API calls from within the browser context using XMLHttpRequest — automatically carrying all required cookies and XSRF tokens.

Pricing

$1.50 per 1,000 results (Pay per result model)

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Built by unfenced-group — Dutch job board data specialists.