Xing Job Scraper

Scrape job listings from Xing.com — Germany's leading professional network with over 22 million members and tens of thousands of active job postings. Extract structured vacancy data for recruitment research, talent market analysis, salary benchmarking, and job trend monitoring.

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Features

• Keyword & location search — find jobs by title, skills, city, or region
• Contract type filter — Full-time, Part-time, Freelance, Internship, and more
• Remote filter — Fully remote, Hybrid, or On-site
• Date filter — limit results to jobs published within N days
• Salary extraction — structured min/max salary with period (hourly/monthly/yearly)
• 3 description formats — HTML, plain text, and Markdown for RAG/LLM pipelines
• Cross-run repost detection — fingerprinting identifies duplicate postings across runs (90-day window)
• startUrls support — pass any Xing job search URL directly

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Input

Parameter	Type	Description
keywords	String	Job title or skills to search for
location	String	City or region, e.g. Berlin, München
radius	Integer	Search radius in km (default: 30)
employmentType	Select	Full-time, Part-time, Freelance, Internship, etc.
remoteOption	Select	Fully remote, Hybrid, On-site
daysOld	Integer	Only return jobs published within N days
maxItems	Integer	Maximum number of results (default: 100)
skipReposts	Boolean	Exclude reposted jobs (cross-run dedup)
startUrls	Array	Custom Xing search URLs to scrape

Example input

{
    "keywords": "Software Engineer",
    "location": "Berlin",
    "radius": 30,
    "employmentType": "full-time",
    "remoteOption": "hybrid",
    "daysOld": 14,
    "maxItems": 100,
    "skipReposts": false
}

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Output

Each result is a structured JSON object with 29 fields:

Field	Type	Description
url	String	Direct link to the job on xing.com
jobId	String	Xing's internal job identifier
source	String	Always xing.com
title	String	Full job title
company	String	Hiring company name
companyUrl	String	Company website
companyLogo	String	Company logo URL
city	String	Job location city
location	String	Full location string
country	String	ISO country code (usually DE)
remoteType	String	FULLY_REMOTE, HYBRID, or NO_REMOTE
contractType	String	FULL_TIME, PART_TIME, FREELANCER, etc.
careerLevel	String	Required experience level
salary	String	Salary range (human-readable)
salaryMin	Number	Minimum salary as a number
salaryMax	Number	Maximum salary as a number
salaryType	String	hourly, monthly, or yearly
publishDate	String	Publication date (YYYY-MM-DD)
publishDateISO	String	Full ISO 8601 timestamp
daysOld	Integer	Days since publication
expiryDate	String	Listing expiry date (if available)
description	String	Full description in HTML
descriptionText	String	Plain text description
descriptionMarkdown	String	Markdown description for LLM/RAG use
applyUrl	String	External apply URL (null if Xing modal)
isRepost	Boolean	Whether this is a reposted job
originalPublishDate	String	Original date (for reposts)
contentHash	String	Hash for workflow deduplication
scrapedAt	String	Scrape timestamp (ISO 8601)

Example output

{
    "url": "https://www.xing.com/jobs/berlin-senior-software-engineer-techcorp-129410640",
    "jobId": "129410640",
    "source": "xing.com",
    "title": "Senior Software Engineer (m/w/d)",
    "company": "TechCorp GmbH",
    "companyUrl": "https://www.techcorp.de",
    "companyLogo": "https://www.xing.com/imagecache/...",
    "city": "Berlin",
    "location": "Berlin, Germany",
    "country": "DE",
    "remoteType": "HYBRID",
    "contractType": "FULL_TIME",
    "careerLevel": "Professional",
    "salary": "EUR 70000 – 90000",
    "salaryMin": 70000,
    "salaryMax": 90000,
    "salaryType": "yearly",
    "publishDate": "2025-03-20",
    "publishDateISO": "2025-03-20T08:17:33Z",
    "daysOld": 7,
    "expiryDate": "2025-04-20",
    "description": "<p>We are looking for a <strong>Senior Software Engineer</strong>...</p>",
    "descriptionText": "We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer...",
    "descriptionMarkdown": "We are looking for a **Senior Software Engineer**...",
    "applyUrl": null,
    "isRepost": false,
    "originalPublishDate": null,
    "originalUrl": null,
    "contentHash": "a3f9c12e",
    "scrapedAt": "2025-03-27T10:30:00.000Z"
}

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Performance

Metric	Value
Typical speed	~3–7 seconds per job
Recommended memory	512 MB (default)
Rate limit handling	Automatic retries with exponential backoff
Repost detection window	90 days (cross-run)

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Pricing

$1.50 per 1,000 results

You only pay for successful results. Compute is included at no extra charge.

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Use cases

• Recruitment — monitor new vacancies across companies or sectors in the DACH region
• Market research — track demand for specific roles, skills, or locations over time
• Salary benchmarking — aggregate compensation data from structured salary fields
• Competitive intelligence — monitor competitor hiring activity
• LLM/RAG pipelines — use descriptionMarkdown for structured AI-ready output
• HR analytics — track job market trends in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

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Notes

• applyUrl may be null for jobs that use Xing's built-in application modal
• salary is only populated when Xing/the employer has provided salary information
• Results respect Xing's search relevance ranking; use startUrls for custom sorting

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Maintained by unfenced-group · Part of the DACH job board scraper portfolio