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Totaljobs data,
at warehouse scale.

We extract job postings, salary bands, location data, company profiles, and skill requirements from Totaljobs. Delivered as clean JSON, CSV, or Parquet to S3, BigQuery, or Snowflake on your cadence.

Jobs extracted
142K /day
Salary data points
89K /run
Company profiles
12K /month
Active pipelines
112
Uptime
99.94%
Data Dictionary

Every field we extract from totaljobs.com

Structured, schema-consistent data across all major object types — delivered clean, typed, and ready to query.

Complete list of extractable fields for Job Listings objects from totaljobs.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

job_idtitleurlemployer_nameemployer_typecontract_typeworking_hoursposted_dateexpiry_datedescription_htmlreference_numberremote_flag
job_listings
● 200 OK
"job_id": "98471239",
"title": "Senior Python Developer",
"employer_name": "TechCorp UK",
"employer_type": "Direct Employer",
"contract_type": "Permanent",
"working_hours": "Full-time",
"remote_flag": true
# job_idtitleurlemployer_nameemployer_typecontract_type
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Complete list of extractable fields for Salary & Benefits objects from totaljobs.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

job_idsalary_minsalary_maxsalary_currencysalary_periodbenefits_listexact_salary_textbonus_mentionedpension_schemeequity_offered
salary_& benefits
● 200 OK
"job_id": "98471239",
"salary_min": 75000,
"salary_max": 90000,
"salary_currency": "GBP",
"salary_period": "Annual",
"exact_salary_text": "£75,000 - £90,000 per annum + bonus",
"bonus_mentioned": true
# job_idsalary_minsalary_maxsalary_currencysalary_periodbenefits_list
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Complete list of extractable fields for Company Data objects from totaljobs.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

company_idcompany_nameindustrycompany_sizewebsite_urltotaljobs_profile_urlactive_jobs_countlogo_urlheadquarters_locationfounded_year
company_data
● 200 OK
"company_id": "EMP-4921",
"company_name": "TechCorp UK",
"industry": "Information Technology",
"totaljobs_profile_url": "https://www.totaljobs.com/employer/techcorp-uk-4921",
"active_jobs_count": 34,
"logo_url": "https://www.totaljobs.com/logo/techcorp.png",
"headquarters_location": "London"
# company_idcompany_nameindustrycompany_sizewebsite_urltotaljobs_profile_url
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Complete list of extractable fields for Location & Commute objects from totaljobs.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

job_idlocation_nameregionpostal_code_prefixcommute_time_minstransport_modeswfh_dayscoordinates_latcoordinates_lonrelocation_offered
location_& commute
● 200 OK
"job_id": "98471239",
"location_name": "London",
"region": "South East",
"postal_code_prefix": "EC1A",
"wfh_days": 3,
"coordinates_lat": 51.5171,
"coordinates_lon": -0.0972
# job_idlocation_nameregionpostal_code_prefixcommute_time_minstransport_modes
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Complete list of extractable fields for Search Results objects from totaljobs.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

keywordlocation_querypositionjob_idtitlesnippetpromoted_flagurgent_flagscraped_atpage_number
search_results
● 200 OK
"keyword": "python developer",
"location_query": "London",
"position": 4,
"job_id": "98471239",
"promoted_flag": false,
"urgent_flag": true,
"scraped_at": "2026-05-12T09:14:33Z"
# keywordlocation_querypositionjob_idtitlesnippet
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Capabilities

Everything you need from Totaljobs - nothing you don't

Our Totaljobs scraper handles every layer of the platform: job search pagination, dynamic salary widgets, employer profiles, and location mapping - with JavaScript rendering and UK IP routing built in.

Full Job Description Extraction

Title, HTML body, reference numbers, contract types, and working hours extracted directly from the listing page.

Salary Normalisation

Parse raw text like '£40k - 50k pro rata' into structured min, max, currency, and period fields.

Company Profile Tracking

Extract employer details, active job counts, and agency vs direct employer classification.

Search & Pagination Handling

Traverse thousands of search result pages for any keyword or location combination without missing records.

Location Intelligence

Capture exact location strings, regional data, and remote working flags associated with each role.

UK Residential Proxy Routing

Bypass geo-blocks and bot protection using ISP-grade residential IPs located in the United Kingdom.

Change Detection (Diffs)

Identify new, updated, or expired jobs by comparing current crawls against a historical hash index.

Promoted Job Tracking

Distinguish between organic listings and paid promoted slots in search engine result pages.

Scheduled + Streaming Modes

Run one-off bulk exports or configure continuous pipelines at daily or real-time cadences.

// engagement pipeline

From search query to warehouse record

Brief in. Clean data out.

Define Scope
d 0

Provide job titles, locations, or specific employer names. We design the extraction schema together.

Pipeline Build
d 2–4

We configure Scrapy crawlers, UK proxy rotation, session management, and parsing logic for totaljobs.com.

Validation & QA
d 4–6

Schema validation, null-rate checks, salary parsing accuracy, and data completeness verification.

Delivery
ongoing

JSON, CSV, or Parquet pushed to your S3 bucket, BigQuery dataset, or Snowflake stage on agreed cadence.

Under the hood

How our Totaljobs pipeline handles the hard parts

Job boards invest heavily in scraping detection to protect their inventory. Here is how we stay resilient.

pipeline-monitor · totaljobs.com · live ● active
// fingerprinting
Identity rotation
TLS fingerprintrandomised
User-agentrotated
IP poolresidential
Challenges blocked0
// pagination
Page coverage
48,291 pages queued running
// observability
Pipeline health
99.9%
uptime
142ms
p99 lat
0.3%
null rate
2
alerts
Anti-bot layer
UK residential proxy rotation

Totaljobs uses aggressive rate limiting and geo-blocking. Our crawlers use UK residential ISP proxies with realistic browser fingerprints to blend in with normal applicant traffic.

Dynamic content
Playwright for lazy-loaded elements

Salary insights and similar job recommendations load dynamically. We run full browser sessions to capture data that headless HTTP clients miss entirely.

Schema stability
Resilient selectors with fallback chains

Job board layouts change frequently. Our selector strategy uses multiple fallback chains per field so a layout change does not break your data pipeline overnight.

Change detection
Only re-scrape what has changed

We maintain a hash index of last-seen jobs. Subsequent runs only push diffs, reducing compute cost and downstream processing load.

Monitoring
24/7 pipeline health

Every run emits structured logs. We alert on null-rate spikes, missing fields, and coverage drops, responding before you notice.

Applications

Who uses Totaljobs data - and how

Teams across industries use totaljobs.com data to build competitive products and smarter operations.

01
Labour Market Analytics

Track hiring trends, skill demand, and job volume across different UK regions and industries.

02
Salary Benchmarking

Analyse advertised salary bands to ensure competitive compensation packages for new hires.

03
Competitor Hiring Tracking

Monitor rival companies to see which roles they are recruiting for and their expansion plans.

04
Lead Generation for Recruiters

Identify companies hiring directly to pitch recruitment agency services and staffing solutions.

05
Job Board Aggregation

Enrich niche job boards with backfilled listings filtered by specific industries or contract types.

06
Economic Forecasting

Hedge funds and economists correlate job posting velocity with economic health and company performance.

Why DataFlirt

"Totaljobs contains the highest fidelity signal for UK labour demand, but extracting it requires bypassing aggressive bot protection."

Most teams underestimate the compute required to scrape job boards at scale. Reliable Totaljobs extraction requires UK residential proxies, full JavaScript rendering for dynamic pagination, and strict anomaly monitoring. DataFlirt manages this complexity so your engineers focus on analysis, not infrastructure.

Technical Spec

Totaljobs scraper - technical capabilities

Everything supported by our totaljobs.com scraper — rendered SPA elements, auth walls, rate-limit evasion and beyond.

JavaScript rendering
Full Playwright sessions required for dynamic salary widgets and pagination
Supported
Bot protection bypass
Automated TLS fingerprint spoofing and header rotation
Supported
UK Residential proxy rotation
ISP-grade residential IPs from UK pools rotated per request
Supported
Job description parsing
Clean HTML or markdown extraction from job description blocks
Supported
Promoted listing detection
Distinguishes organic vs sponsored placements in search results
Supported
Change detection (diffs)
Hash-based diff: only emit records with changed fields since last run
Supported
Candidate CV extraction
Access to candidate profiles and resumes requires recruiter authentication
Partial
Application status tracking
Viewing application metrics requires employer account access
Partial
Infrastructure

Infrastructure powering the Totaljobs pipeline

Open-source tooling on proven cloud infra — no vendor lock-in, full observability.

ScrapyPlaywrightPython 3.12RedisPostgreSQLApache AirflowAWS LambdaS3CloudWatch2CaptchaCapSolverResidential ProxiesDockerKubernetesGrafanaPrometheus
Scrapy + Playwright Stack

Scrapy handles crawl orchestration, deduplication, and retry logic. Playwright handles JavaScript rendering, cookie sessions, and interaction flows.

Residential Proxy Infrastructure

We maintain pools of UK residential ISP proxies. Rotation happens per-request with sticky sessions where required to bypass rate limits.

Cloud-Native Orchestration

Pipelines run on AWS Lambda and ECS. Airflow handles scheduling, dependency management, and SLA alerting. All state stored in managed Postgres.

Output & Delivery

Your data, your destination

Data delivered to where your team already works — no new tooling required.

JSON
Newline-delimited or nested schema versioned per run
CSV
Flat file with typed columns for quick analysis
XLS
Excel compatible format for business stakeholders
Parquet
Columnar format for BigQuery, Snowflake, Athena
AWS S3
Direct bucket delivery compatible with any data lake
Webhook
HTTP POST per record for real-time downstream processing
API
REST endpoint to query your extracted job data
PostgreSQL
Upsert into your existing schema with conflict resolution
S3
Direct bucket delivery — compatible with any data lake
// faq

Common questions.

About totaljobs.com scraping, legality, and pipeline operations.

Ask us directly →
Is scraping Totaljobs legal?

Scraping publicly available job postings is generally permissible. DataFlirt targets only public, non-authenticated job and company data. We do not extract personal candidate data or violate GDPR.

How do you handle Totaljobs bot protection?

We use UK residential ISP proxies, full Playwright browser sessions with realistic fingerprints, and request timing modelled on human behaviour to prevent blocking.

How fresh is the data?

Pipelines typically run on a daily cadence, capturing all new jobs and updates within a 4-6 hour window. Streaming pipelines can achieve sub-60-minute latency for specific keywords.

Can you normalise salary bands?

Yes. We apply regex-based parsing to extract minimum salary, maximum salary, currency, and payment period from raw text strings.

What is the minimum viable engagement?

Our smallest packages start at 10,000 jobs per week. For full UK market coverage, we price based on volume and delivery frequency.

Do you scrape candidate profiles?

No. We strictly extract publicly available job postings and employer profiles. We do not extract candidate CVs or personal contact information.

$ dataflirt scope --new-project --source=totaljobs.com ready

Tell us what
to extract.
We do the rest.

20-minute scoping call. Pilot dataset within the week. Production within two. Whether you need a one-off export of tech roles or a continuous feed of the entire UK job market, we scope, build, and operate the pipeline. Tell us what you need.

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