Scrape Reed.co.uk — The UK's Leading Job Board
Extract structured job data from Reed.co.uk, the UK's number one job site with millions of listings. Returns title, company, salary, location, job type, and full description. HTTP-only — no Chrome, no Playwright.
Anti-Bot
TLS fingerprinting
What You Can Scrape
- Job search results — title, company, location, salary range, posted date
- Full job details — complete description, requirements, benefits
- Salary data — minimum, maximum, and displayed salary ranges
- Company info — employer name, recruiter type
- Multi-query — run multiple keyword + location searches in a single run
- Filters — job type, salary range, distance, posted date
Primary Use Cases
- UK job market research — analyze hiring trends and salary distributions across the UK
- Lead generation — identify UK companies actively hiring as growth signals
- Recruitment intelligence — monitor competitor postings and talent demand
- HR tech — feed UK job data into aggregators, job boards, or matching platforms
- Salary benchmarking — compare compensation across roles and regions
API Example
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/santamaria-automations~reed-uk-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"searchQueries": ["software engineer"],
"location": "London",
"maxResultsPerQuery": 50
}'
Integrations
- n8n / Make / Zapier — trigger runs and process results via webhook
- AI Agents (MCP) — Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, LangChain, LlamaIndex
- Python / Node.js — Apify SDK for programmatic access
- Google Sheets / Airtable — export via Apify integrations
How It Compares
| Feature | NanoScrape | Browser-based scrapers |
| Docker image | ~12MB | 500MB - 2GB |
| RAM usage | 128MB | 1-4GB |
| Cost per 1k results | ~$0.80 | $5 - $20 |
| Anti-bot approach | TLS fingerprinting | Full Chrome browser |
| Speed (1k jobs) | ~3 min | 15-45 min |
| UK coverage | Complete | Varies |
Output Fields
| Field | Type | Example |
| title | string | Senior Software Engineer |
| company | string | Barclays |
| location | string | London, England |
| salary_min | number | 65000 |
| salary_max | number | 85000 |
| job_type | string | Permanent |
| description | string | Full job description HTML |
| url | string | https://reed.co.uk/jobs/... |
| posted_at | string | 2026-04-20 |