What is Reed's public API?
Reed.co.uk is one of the UK's largest job boards, and it offers a documented public JobSeeker API and Recruiter API. The API is free to access with an API key registration. However, usage is restricted to displaying Reed job listings within your application - data storage, bulk download, and passing results to third-party systems are not permitted under Reed's terms. Coverage is also limited to jobs posted directly on Reed.co.uk.
Reed's public API is suited for:
- Job seeker-facing applications that display Reed listings in real-time within their UI.
- Career guidance tools that need to show live job listings alongside other content.
- UK-focused job widgets where Reed attribution and display-only terms are acceptable.
When teams need more than Reed's API
Reed's API works for displaying jobs - it is not suitable for data engineering, labor market analytics, ML training, job board backfill, or any use case that requires storing or processing the data beyond live display.
Common limitations teams encounter:
- Display-only terms - storing or analyzing Reed data programmatically is not permitted under API terms.
- Reed-only coverage - the UK job market requires Totaljobs, CV-Library, Guardian Jobs, and other boards too.
- Rate limit of 1000 requests per day - insufficient for high-volume data pipelines.
- No historical data - only current active listings are available.
- No bulk delivery - no S3 exports or Data Exchange subscriptions for data engineering teams.
- UK-primary - no practical path to international expansion from the same API.
Techmap vs Reed API: Feature Comparison
| Feature | Techmap | Reed API |
|---|---|---|
| Reed jobs/month | ~104k (avg.) from 69 countries (→ Explore) | Reed.co.uk postings only |
| Total new postings/month | 8.2M from 127+ sources (→ Explore) | Reed-only |
| Countries covered | 250 countries & territories (→ Explore) | UK primary |
| Other UK sources | Totaljobs, CV-Library, Guardian Jobs, NHS included | Reed only |
| Data storage rights | Store, analyze, and reuse freely | Display-only - storage restricted |
| Rate limits | Per-plan quotas; S3 bulk with no API limits | 1000 requests/day |
| Historical data | 405M+ from January 2020 | Not available |
| Data formats | JSON, CSV, XML, RSS/ATOM, Parquet | JSON only |
| Delivery options | API, AWS S3, AWS Data Exchange | JSON API only |
| Self-serve / free tier | Yes (RapidAPI free tier) | Yes (free with restrictions) |
| GDPR compliant | Yes (EU-based storage) | Yes |
Why teams choose Techmap over Reed's API
Techmap removes Reed's display-only constraints and gives you the full UK job market in one API - Reed plus Totaljobs, CV-Library, Guardian Jobs, NHS, and direct employer ATS career pages.
Key advantages:
- 104k job postings/month from Reed: Full data ownership - store, analyze, and build products freely. (→ Explore)
- Complete UK market coverage: Totaljobs, CV-Library, Guardian Jobs, NHS, and UK ATS career pages - all in one API call.
- No display restrictions: Use the data for analytics, ML training, job board backfill, or sales intelligence.
- 250 countries and territories: Expand UK data to global context without switching providers. (→ Explore)
- Historical archive: 405M+ postings from January 2020 for multi-year UK labor market analysis.
- Bulk AWS delivery: Hourly S3 exports - no 1000 request/day rate limit constraints.
- Volume and Startup discounts: Reduced pricing for larger data volumes and qualifying Startups.
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