# Reed Jobs Scraper (`datawatcher/reed-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes job offers from reed.co.uk: salaries, contract types, work mode, experience levels, locations and the full description. Same output schema as our other Polish job portal actors.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/datawatcher/reed-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [DataWatcher](https://apify.com/datawatcher) (community)
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.40 / 1,000 job 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Reed Jobs Scraper

Scrape **Reed jobs** data from reed.co.uk and get clean rows with the job title, employer, location, **contract type** and **advertised pay**. Run it from the Apify console or the Apify API. Recruiters, job-board aggregators and labour-market analysts use it to follow vacancies, pay and hiring demand by specialism.

### 🔎 What does Reed Jobs Scraper do?

- Searches Reed by keyword, by city, or from a Reed search or offer URL you paste.
- Narrows results by contract type, work type, experience and a "with salary only" switch.
- Returns title, company, locations, contract types, salaries, categories and dates for each job.
- Reads each job's own page when you switch on full details: description, skills, benefits and company data.
- Gives pay as numbers: minimum, maximum, currency and period.

### ⭐ Why this one

> **1️⃣ One schema across job portals.**
> All our job actors share one output schema and one input schema. Build your pipeline once: our other job actors ([Nofluffjobs](https://apify.com/datawatcher/nofluffjobs-scraper), [Aplikuj](https://apify.com/datawatcher/aplikuj-scraper), [Bluelionjob](https://apify.com/datawatcher/bluelionjob-scraper), [Bulldogjob](https://apify.com/datawatcher/bulldogjob-scraper), [Hollylist](https://apify.com/datawatcher/hollylist-scraper), [Jobs-cz](https://apify.com/datawatcher/jobs-cz-scraper), [Just Join IT](https://apify.com/datawatcher/justjoin-scraper), [Pracuj](https://apify.com/datawatcher/pracuj-scraper), [RocketJobs.pl](https://apify.com/datawatcher/rocketjobs-scraper), [Skillshot](https://apify.com/datawatcher/skillshot-scraper), [theprotocol.it](https://apify.com/datawatcher/theprotocol-scraper)) take the same input and return the same fields, so adding a portal means changing the actor name, not your code.

- **Two clear prices.** A job result costs $0.40 per 1,000. Full details add $1.50 per 1,000 jobs whose page is read.
- **Below the market median.** The median result price among 30 competing Pay-Per-Event actors is $2.10 per 1,000.
- **Pay as structured numbers.** Each salary has `min`, `max`, `currency` and `period`, not just text.
- **Filters are checked again on the rows.** The site narrows the search, then the rows are checked against your filters.
- **Cheaper listing mode.** With full details off, you get listing-level data only.

### 🚀 How to scrape Reed jobs

1. Open the actor on Apify and click **Try for free**.
2. Enter a keyword such as `python`, add a city or filters, or paste a Reed search or offer URL.
3. Click **Start**.
4. Download the **Reed jobs data** as JSON, CSV or Excel from the Output tab, or fetch it with the Apify API.

### Data

This actor returns only what the site shows publicly at run time. We don't store or keep that data and are not its controller — you decide how you use it.

This actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by Reed. It reads public job pages on reed.co.uk.

### 🤖 Use with AI agents (MCP)

AI assistants (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor…) can run this actor through Apify's MCP server. Connect the server in your assistant, then ask, for example:

```text
Scrape 50 Python jobs in London from reed.co.uk with Reed Jobs Scraper. Show title, company, city and salary for each job.
```

### 🔌 Run it your way

- **Schedule it** with Apify schedules.
- **Call it from the Apify API** and its clients (Python, JavaScript).
- **Connect it** to Make, n8n, Zapier, webhooks or Google Sheets.
- **Ask an AI agent to run it**: see [Use with AI agents (MCP)](#-use-with-ai-agents-mcp).

### ⚙️ Input

This example searches for Python jobs in London:

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["python"],
  "locations": ["London"],
  "maxResults": 50,
  "extractFullDetails": false
}
```

| Field | Default | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `maxResults` | 50 | Maximum number of offers returned, in total. Free plan Apify users get at most 1,000 offers per run. |
| `startUrls` | empty | A listing/search URL is read as that listing, a specific offer URL is read directly. The filters below still apply. `searchQueries` is not applied when start URLs are given (a warning says so). |
| `searchQueries` | `python` in the form | Keywords to search for, one search per line (a technology or a job title). |
| `locations` | empty | Only offers in these cities, written as normal city names; accents and case do not matter. A city the portal does not know gives a warning and no search for it. |
| `categories` | empty | Only offers in these categories: `backend`, `frontend`, `fullstack`, `mobile`, `devops`, `data`, `ai-ml`, `testing`, `security`, `it-admin`, `support`, `embedded`, `gamedev`, `erp`, `architecture`, `project-management`, `product`, `ux-ui`, `business-analysis`, `sales`, `marketing`, `hr`, `finance`, `customer-service`, `engineering`, `production`, `logistics`, `legal`, `administration`, `consulting`, `education`, `healthcare`, `construction`, `hospitality`. |
| `contractTypes` | empty | Only offers that allow one of these contracts: `employment`, `b2b`, `mandate`, `specific-task`, `internship`. |
| `workType` | empty | Only offers with one of these work types: `remote`, `hybrid`, `onsite`, `mobile`. |
| `experience` | empty | Only offers for these experience levels: `intern`, `junior`, `mid`, `senior`, `expert`, `lead`, `manager`, `executive`. |
| `withSalaryOnly` | off | Only offers that show a salary. |
| `extractFullDetails` | off | Fetch each offer's own page and return the full data: the description, skills, benefits, languages, company details. Off: listing-level data only, cheaper. |
| `maxConcurrency` | 1 | Maximum number of searches/details processed in parallel (1 to 10). |
| `maxRequestsPerMinute` | 60 | Maximum HTTP request rate, for the whole run. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | no proxy | Proxy settings, especially useful when many detail pages are requested. |
| `maxRequestRetries` | 2 | Number of retries after a failed HTTP request (0 to 10). |

Reed has no match for some values, and those are ignored with a warning: the `contractTypes` values `b2b`, `mandate`, `specific-task` and `internship` (only a permanent job counts as `employment`), the `workType` value `mobile`, every `experience` value except `junior`, and any `categories` value Reed has no category for.

### 🧭 Input modes: what you give, what you get

Six ways to start a run. Modes 1 to 4 and 6 work with full details off or on. Mode 5 always returns full details.

| Mode | You give | Rows | Offer pages read |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Default search | no keywords, filters or URLs | up to `maxResults` | none; with full details on, one per row |
| 2. Keywords | `searchQueries` | up to `maxResults` | none; with full details on, one per row |
| 3. Filtered search | filters, keywords optional | up to `maxResults` | none; with full details on, one per row |
| 4. Listing URL | a Reed listing URL | up to `maxResults` | none; with full details on, one per row |
| 5. One offer URL | one Reed offer URL | 1 | that offer's page |
| 6. Listing URL, offer URL and filters | both URLs plus filters | up to `maxResults` | the offer URL's page; with full details on, one per row |

Copy the input of the mode you need.

#### 🔍 1. Default search

```json
{
  "maxResults": 50,
  "extractFullDetails": false
}
```

#### 🔤 2. Keywords

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["python"],
  "maxResults": 50
}
```

#### 🎯 3. Filtered search

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["python"],
  "locations": ["London"],
  "contractTypes": ["employment"],
  "workType": ["onsite"],
  "maxResults": 50
}
```

#### 🔗 4. Listing URL

```json
{
  "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/jobs" }],
  "maxResults": 50
}
```

#### 📄 5. One offer URL

```json
{
  "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/temporary-concierge/57558140" }]
}
```

#### 🧩 6. Listing URL, offer URL and filters

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/jobs" },
    { "url": "https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/temporary-concierge/57558140" }
  ],
  "withSalaryOnly": true,
  "maxResults": 50
}
```

A URL that is neither a Reed listing nor a Reed offer page is rejected.

### 📦 Output: Reed jobs data

Each row is one job offer. This row comes from a run on one offer URL (long text shortened):

```json
{
  "source": "reed",
  "id": "57558140",
  "slug": "temporary-concierge",
  "url": "https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/temporary-concierge/57558140",
  "title": "Temporary Concierge",
  "company": { "name": "PMR" },
  "locations": [{ "city": "London", "region": "South East England", "countryCode": "GB" }],
  "workType": [{ "type": "onsite", "remotePercent": 0, "remoteCountries": [] }],
  "categories": [{ "value": "hospitality", "original": "Hospitality & Catering" }],
  "contractTypes": [{ "value": "other", "original": "Temporary", "source": "portal" }],
  "workTime": "part-time",
  "salaries": [
    { "currency": "GBP", "min": 2184, "max": 2486, "period": "month", "isOriginal": false },
    { "currency": "GBP", "min": 13, "max": 14.8, "period": "hour", "isOriginal": true }
  ],
  "skills": [{ "name": "Communication Skills", "source": "portal" }],
  "languages": { "offer": "en" },
  "description": { "text": "PMR recruits for high end residential blocks across various locations in London..." },
  "dates": { "posted": "2026-11-11", "expires": "2026-12-23", "scraped": "2026-11-12T22:50:47Z" },
  "extensions": { "postedBy": "agency", "easyApply": true }
}
```

Pay quoted per hour is also given as a monthly figure; the item marked `isOriginal` is the pay as Reed wrote it. `grossNet` was empty in all 10 sample rows. Reed's Contract and Temporary jobs get the value `other` in `contractTypes`, with Reed's own word in `original`.

Missing data is `null`, never a guess.

**Run status.** After each run, open the run's key-value store (Storage tab) to see how it went:

- **`RUN_HEALTH`**: `ok`, or `degraded` with the reason (no rows, a failed request, a warning, or a row that broke a data rule).
- **`RUN_SUMMARY`**: the run's numbers: rows, requests, retries, failed requests, warnings and billed events.

### 💰 Pricing (Pay-Per-Event)

| Event | Price | Trigger |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Job result (`job-scraped`) | $0.40 per 1,000 | One job offer returned by the Actor. |
| Job details (`job-details-scraped`) | $1.50 per 1,000 | Additional charge for a job offer whose detail page was read. |

There is no start fee. With full details off, you pay for job results only. A run on an offer URL reads that offer's page, so it is charged for job details as well.

Free plan: each run returns up to 1,000 results.

### 🎯 Use cases

- **Vacancy monitoring.** Follow new jobs and employers on Reed.
- **Pay tracking.** Compare advertised pay across roles and cities.
- **Hiring demand by specialism.** Count jobs per category and location.
- **Job-board feeds.** Add Reed jobs to your own board next to other portals.

### 🩺 If a run fails

The run health (the `RUN_HEALTH` record, `RUN_SUMMARY` and the last line of the log) names the cause, for example `site down: list request answered 500 x3`. Find that start of the message in the table.

| Error in the log / run health | What it means | What you do |
|---|---|---|
| `site down: <request> answered 500, 502-504, 520-526` | The site is offline or has a fault. The actor waits longer between tries, then stops the run. | Try again later. |
| `blocked: <request> answered 401, 403, 1020` or a captcha page | The site refused the request or showed a captcha page. | The actor already retries once through the Apify proxy. If it still fails, turn on the Apify proxy in the input (use the RESIDENTIAL group if it is already on). |
| `rate limited: <request> answered 429` | The site asks for fewer requests. The actor waits and slows down by itself. | If it keeps happening, lower `maxRequestsPerMinute`. |
| `gone: <request> answered 404, 410` | The page or offer was removed. The actor skips it and it is not charged. | Nothing; this is normal. |
| `network error: <request> failed with timeout` (or connection error, DNS error) | A timeout or a broken connection. The actor retries with a pause. | Try again later. |
| `wrong answer: <request> returned HTML instead of JSON` (or an empty body) | The site answered with a page that is not data (HTML instead of JSON, an empty body). The site has probably changed. | Report it in the Issues tab; we fix it. |

### ❓ FAQ

#### How many jobs can I scrape per run?

Set `maxResults`; the default is 50. A value of 0 removes the cap, and the run timeout still applies. On the free plan a run returns up to 1,000 results.

#### How do I export Reed jobs to Excel or CSV?

Run the actor, open the Output tab and pick Excel or CSV in the export options. JSON, XML and HTML are there too, and the Apify API returns the same data.

#### Does it return salary data?

Each salary has `min`, `max`, `currency` and `period`. Turn on `withSalaryOnly` to keep only offers that show a salary.

#### Can I combine it with other portals?

Yes. All our job actors share one output schema and one input schema, so rows from different portals fit one table. See the list below.

### 🔗 Other job scrapers (same schema)

- [Nofluffjobs Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/datawatcher/nofluffjobs-scraper)
- [Aplikuj Job Scraper](https://apify.com/datawatcher/aplikuj-scraper)
- [Bluelionjob Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/datawatcher/bluelionjob-scraper)
- [Bulldogjob Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/datawatcher/bulldogjob-scraper)
- [Hollylist Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/datawatcher/hollylist-scraper)
- [Jobs-cz Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/datawatcher/jobs-cz-scraper)
- [Just Join IT Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/datawatcher/justjoin-scraper)
- [Pracuj Job Scraper](https://apify.com/datawatcher/pracuj-scraper)
- [RocketJobs.pl Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/datawatcher/rocketjobs-scraper)
- [Skillshot Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/datawatcher/skillshot-scraper)
- [theprotocol.it Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/datawatcher/theprotocol-scraper)

### 💬 Feedback and custom work

Need another portal, a field or a custom feed? Open an issue on the Issues tab.

# Changelog

This Actor's version history is a separate document: https://apify.com/datawatcher/reed-scraper/changelog.md

# Actor input Schema

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of offers returned, in total. 0 = no limit (the run timeout still applies). Free plan Apify users get at most 1000 offers per run, whatever is set here (paying users have no cap).

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

URLs from which the actor starts scraping, instead of a search: a listing/search URL is read as that listing, a specific offer URL is read directly. locations, categories, contractTypes, workType, experience and withSalaryOnly still apply: rows that do not match are dropped. searchQueries is not applied (a warning says so).

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search for, one search per line (a technology or a job title). Empty - every offer.

## `locations` (type: `array`):

Only offers in these cities, written as normal city names; accents and case do not matter (Krakow = Kraków = KRAKÓW). A city the portal does not know gives a warning and no search for it, never an unfiltered search. Empty - anywhere.

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Only offers in these categories (the output's `categories[].value` values). Empty - all.

## `contractTypes` (type: `array`):

Only offers that allow one of these contracts (the output's `contractTypes` values). Empty - all.

## `workType` (type: `array`):

Only offers with one of these work types (the output's `workType[].type` values). Empty - all.

## `experience` (type: `array`):

Only offers for these experience levels (the output's `experience.levels[].value` values). Empty - all.

## `withSalaryOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only offers that show a salary (the output's `salaries` is not empty). Off - all offers.

## `extractFullDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch each offer's own page (and its company once per run) and return the full data: the description, skills, benefits, languages, company details. Off - listing-level data only, cheaper and faster. An offer start URL is always read. A filter whose field the listing lacks still reads that offer's page to decide.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of searches/details processed in parallel.

## `maxRequestsPerMinute` (type: `integer`):

Maximum HTTP request rate, for the whole run.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings, especially useful when many detail pages are requested.

## `maxRequestRetries` (type: `integer`):

Number of retries after a failed HTTP request.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxResults": 50,
  "searchQueries": [
    "python"
  ],
  "withSalaryOnly": false,
  "extractFullDetails": false,
  "maxConcurrency": 1,
  "maxRequestsPerMinute": 60,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  },
  "maxRequestRetries": 2
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One row per item; a search that failed completely adds one unbilled recordType "diagnostic" row.

## `runSummary` (type: `string`):

Rows, requests and budget, retries, failures, early stop, warnings, billing events, data-rule problems.

## `runHealth` (type: `string`):

{status, reason}: ok, degraded, or failed (health-check mode only).

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "python"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("datawatcher/reed-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "searchQueries": ["python"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("datawatcher/reed-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "python"
  ]
}' |
apify call datawatcher/reed-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,datawatcher/reed-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/P2UnLLMNUtvimzeQq/builds/JTYxXOihMusRh9dYy/openapi.json