Werkzoeken.nl Scraper

Extract job listings from werkzoeken.nl 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 Netherlands

A dedicated Dutch scraper, not a global tool with a country dropdown. Search, locations and currency (EUR) are tuned for werkzoeken.nl.

📄 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 EUR. Missing salaries are returned as null, never guessed.

🏢 Company details

Hiring company name plus the profile details the source publishes, such as logo and company page.

📍 Location

City, region and country for every listing, with radius filtering around a chosen location.

🔁 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"	Job title, keyword, or profession — e.g. developer, chauffeur, verpleegkundige.
location	string	(empty)	City or region — e.g. Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag.
radius	string	(empty)	Search radius around location in kilometres — e.g. 10, 25, 50.
contractType	string	"Loondienst (vast)"	Filter by contract type — e.g. fulltime, parttime, freelance, temporary.
hoursPerWeek	string	(empty)	Filter by working hours per week — e.g. 32, 40.
educationLevel	string	(empty)	Required education level — e.g. MBO, HBO, WO.
employerType	string	(empty)	Filter by employer type — e.g. direct, uitzendbureau.
minSalary	string	(empty)	Minimum monthly salary filter — e.g. 2500, 3000.
daysOld	string	(empty)	Only return jobs posted within this many days — e.g. 7 for this week, 1 for today.
sortBy	string	(empty)	Sort order for results.
fetchDetails	boolean	false	Visit each listing page to get the full job description (HTML, plain text, Markdown). Slower but yields much richer output.
skipReposts	boolean	false	Exclude listings detected as reposts of previously seen jobs (same fingerprint).
incrementalMode	boolean	false	Only emit NEW, UPDATED, and REAPPEARED jobs compared to the previous run. Run on a schedule to get a daily feed of changes without reprocessing the full dataset.
stateKey	string	(empty)	Optional stable identifier for the tracked search. Leave empty to auto-derive from your search inputs — different keyword/location combinations get isolated state automatically.
compact	boolean	false	Return core fields only (id, title, company, city, contractType, salary, url, changeStatus). Reduces payload size for AI-agent and MCP pipelines.
descriptionFormat	string	"all"	Choose which description representation to include. all keeps HTML + plain text + Markdown; the others drop the variants you don't need.
descriptionMaxLength	integer	0	Truncate description fields to this many characters. 0 = no truncation. Useful for LLM context limits.
excludeEmptyFields	boolean	false	Drop null, empty-string, and empty-array fields from each record before saving. Produces smaller, cleaner payloads for AI agents and dashboards.
telegramToken	string	(empty)	Telegram bot token from @BotFather. Required for Telegram notifications.
telegramChatId	string	(empty)	Telegram chat or channel ID where alerts are sent — e.g. -100123456789 for a private group or @yourchannel.
discordWebhookUrl	string	(empty)	Discord incoming webhook URL. Get one from Server Settings → Integrations → Webhooks.
slackWebhookUrl	string	(empty)	Slack incoming webhook URL. Create at api.slack.com/messaging/webhooks.
webhookUrl	string	(empty)	Receives a POST with { jobs: [...], meta: { total, searchQuery, location } }. Works with n8n, Make, Zapier, or any custom backend.
webhookHeaders	object	(empty)	Optional headers sent with the webhook POST — e.g. {"Authorization": "Bearer xyz"}.
notificationLimit	integer	5	Maximum jobs included in each notification message (1–20). Extra jobs stay in the dataset; the notification shows a summary line.
notifyOnlyChanges	boolean	false	When incremental mode is on, only send notifications for NEW, UPDATED, and REAPPEARED jobs. Has no effect outside incremental mode.
maxItems	integer	100	Maximum number of results to return. Set to 0 for unlimited.

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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 job ID (wznl prefix + vacancy ID)
vacancyId	string	Raw vacancy ID from werkzoeken.nl
title	string	Job title
url	string	Direct link to the listing
company	string	Hiring company or recruiter name
companyType	string	Employer type (e.g. direct, uitzendbureau)
city	string	City or region
contractType	string	Contract type (e.g. fulltime, parttime)
hoursType	string	Working hours type
experience	array	Required experience levels
education	string	Required education level
salaryMin	number	Minimum monthly salary (€)
salaryMax	string	Maximum monthly salary (€)
salaryType	string	Salary period — always monthly
publishDate	string	ISO date the listing was published
ageLabel	string	Original age label from the site (e.g. vandaag, 3 dagen geleden)
fingerprint	string	Cross-run dedup hash (from site's data-hash attribute)
description	string	Full job description as HTML
descriptionText	string	Full job description as plain text
descriptionMarkdown	string	Full job description as Markdown
isRepost	boolean	Whether this listing has been seen before under the same fingerprint
originalPublishDate	string	Publication date of the first-seen version (reposts only)
originalUrl	string	URL of the first-seen version (reposts only)
changeStatus	string	NEW, UPDATED, UNCHANGED, or REAPPEARED (only with incrementalMode)
contentHash	string	MD5 of title + company + salary + location — stable content identifier
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when this record was scraped
source	string	Always werkzoeken.nl

Example record

{
  "id": "wznl15660615",
  "vacancyId": "15660615",
  "title": "Verpleegkundige team flexpool Harderwijk en omgeving",
  "url": "https://www.werkzoeken.nl/vacature/15660615-verpleegkundige-team-flexpool-harderwijk-en-omgeving/",
  "company": "Zorggroep Noordwest- Veluwe",
  "companyType": "Directe werkgever",
  "city": "Harderwijk",
  "contractType": "Loondienst (vast)",
  "hoursType": "33 - 40 uur",
  "experience": [
    "Ervaren",
    "Expert",
    "Starter"
  ],
  "education": "MBO",
  "salaryMin": 3157,
  "salaryMax": null,
  "salaryType": "monthly",
  "publishDate": "2026-06-12",
  "ageLabel": "21 dagen geleden",
  "fingerprint": "a97491cd3cfa6d9c0d32b3a1964131f90ca1a9105d748da9a298cd0f7a987a4f",
  "description": null,
  "descriptionText": null,
  "descriptionMarkdown": null,
  "isRepost": false,
  "originalPublishDate": null,
  "originalUrl": null,
  "changeStatus": null,
  "contentHash": "a97491cd3cfa6d9c0d32b3a1964131f90ca1a9105d748da9a298cd0f7a987a4f",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-03T17:26:53.373Z",
  "source": "werkzoeken.nl"
}

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Examples

Search for schoonmaker roles in Amsterdam:

{
  "searchQuery": "schoonmaker",
  "location": "Amsterdam",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Filter by contract type:

{
  "searchQuery": "schoonmaker",
  "location": "Amsterdam",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "contractType": "Loondienst (vast)"
}

Larger run with a hard cap:

{
  "searchQuery": "schoonmaker",
  "location": "Amsterdam",
  "maxItems": 500
}

Daily feed (run on a schedule):

{
  "searchQuery": "schoonmaker",
  "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

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

Results	Cost
100	~$0.15
1,000	~$1.49
10,000	~$14.90
100,000	~$149

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

Subscription tiers lower the rate further, down to $0.90 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: werkzoeken.nl — the Netherlands 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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