Car, Taxi and Van Drivers: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)

Car, Taxi and Van Drivers is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 8322) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.

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7European countries report a shortage (EURES 2025)
13countries report a surplus
965open job ads right now in Germany and Sweden
8322ISCO-08 occupation code
Short answerIn the 2025 EURES report on labour shortages, 7 European countries reported a shortage of car, taxi and van drivers: Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Slovakia and Sweden. 13 reported a surplus: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Portugal and Slovakia. Belgium and Slovakia appear in both lists, which usually means shortages in some regions and surpluses in others.

Latest car, taxi and van drivers job ads

Real vacancies from the official public employment services, updated daily. Job titles are translated into English automatically; the full ad opens on the official site in German or Swedish (your browser's translate button turns it into English).

Germany

483 open ads
  • Taxi driver
    German title: Taxifahrer
    Taxibetrieb · Berlin · Posted 2026-10-15
  • Taxi driver
    German title: Taxifahrer
    Potzel + Potzel GbR · Bayreuth · Posted 2026-10-12
  • Taxi driver
    German title: Taxifahrer
    Mohammad Eqbal Mohibi · München · Posted 2026-10-09
  • Taxi driver
    German title: Taxifahrer
    Taxi Herkert · Parsberg, Oberpfalz · Posted 2026-10-09
  • Taxi driver
    German title: Taxifahrer! !
    PerZukunft Arbeitsvermittlung GmbH & Co. KG · Berlin · Posted 2026-10-13

Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Germany

Sweden

482 open ads

Source: Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish Public Employment Service). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Sweden

Where car, taxi and van drivers are needed in Europe

CountryEURES 2025Average gross pay, all plant and machine operators and assemblers (2022)1-bed rent in the capital
ItalyShortage€2,300 a month *Rome: €1,300
NetherlandsShortage€3,120 a monthNot yet verified
NorwayShortage€4,749 a monthOslo: €2,000
RomaniaShortage€924 a month *Not yet verified
SwedenShortageNot yet verifiedStockholm: €2,100
BelgiumShortage and surplusNot yet verifiedBrussels: €1,150
SlovakiaShortage and surplus€1,230 a monthBratislava: €910
AustriaSurplus€3,040 a month *Vienna: €1,250
BulgariaSurplus€626 a monthSofia: €650
CzechiaSurplus€1,285 a monthPrague: €1,250
FinlandSurplus€3,361 a month *Helsinki: €1,150
GermanySurplus€2,907 a monthBerlin: €1,350
GreeceSurplus€1,416 a month *Athens: €1,150
HungarySurplus€1,053 a month *Budapest: €910
LatviaSurplus€1,221 a monthRiga: €870
LithuaniaSurplusNot yet verifiedVilnius: €830
LuxembourgSurplusNot yet verifiedLuxembourg: €1,900
PortugalSurplus€1,087 a month *Lisbon: €1,400

Pay: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, mean gross monthly earnings of all plant and machine operators and assemblers in each country, in euros. This is the average for the whole occupation group, not for car, taxi and van drivers alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.

What car, taxi and van drivers do

Car, taxi and van drivers drive and tend motor cars and vans to transport passengers, mail or goods.

Typical tasks

  • Driving and tending passenger, vans, cars or taxis
  • Driving and tending cars, vans or small trucks to deliver mail or goods
  • Assisting passengers with handling of luggage
  • Collecting fares, payments for deliveries, or documents certifying deliveries
  • Operating telecommunications equipment to report location and availability, and follow directions of control centre
  • Determining most appropriate route
  • Assisting physically challenged passengers
  • Operating equipment to facilitate the loading and unloading of physically challenged passengers

Finding car, taxi and van drivers jobs in Europe

  • EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Van driver".
  • Some jobs are regulated professions: before you can work, your qualification may need to be recognised in the new country.
  • If you are not an EU/EEA citizen you will usually need a work permit or a visa such as the EU Blue Card. Check the rules of the country's immigration authority.

Cost of living where the jobs are

Take-home pay needed to rent a good 1-bedroom flat in the capitals of countries reporting a shortage:

About this data

  • Shortage and surplus: European Labour Authority, EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annex table 21 (published 2026). Each country's public employment service reports which occupations it finds hard to fill or in oversupply. Countries not listed did not report this occupation as either.
  • Definition, tasks and job titles: International Labour Organization, ISCO-08 structure and definitions.
  • Pay: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_48), by occupation group.
  • Job ads: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Germany) and Arbetsförmedlingen (Sweden), refreshed about once a day.

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