Taxi and cab drivers and chauffeurs in Bath and North East Somerset

Official occupation group: Taxi and cab drivers and chauffeursSOC 8213 · Updated through Q2 2026 · Bath and North East Somerset

Official definition

Taxi and cab drivers and chauffeurs drive motor cars for private individuals, government departments and industrial and commercial organisations, drive taxis for public hire, drive new cars to delivery points and drive motorcycles and other motor vehicles.

e.g. Cab driver · PCO driver · Taxi owner · Car shunter · Taxi owner-driver

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Taxi and cab drivers and chauffeurs demand is rising in Bath and North East Somerset.

ONS recorded 12 new online adverts for taxi and cab drivers and chauffeurs in Bath and North East Somerset in Q2 2026. That is 140.0% higher than a year earlier. Typical advertised pay in Bath and North East Somerset for the broader transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives is £31,000.

Occupation pages use official SOC classifications. Local comparisons are shown only where ONS publishes an aligned observation. ONS data is generally two months late.
New adverts · Bath and North East Somerset12Q2 2026 · +140.0% YoY
Advertised salary · Bath and North East Somerset£31,0002025 · lags hiring by about a year · broader occupation group

Taxi and cab drivers and chauffeurs hiring demand

New online job adverts for taxi and cab drivers and chauffeurs in Bath and North East Somerset

New online job adverts have increased since Apr 2025.

12

Apr 2026 · Bath and North East Somerset

+140.0%change over period · from Apr 2025
ONS · Bath and North East SomersetSources & methodology ↗

ONS online job adverts first appearing in each period. These indicate hiring demand and are distinct from the ONS Vacancy Survey.

Median advertised salary

Annualised asking salary for transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives in Bath and North East Somerset

Advertised pay is 2.6% higher than a year earlier, before inflation.

£31,000

Jan 2025 · Bath and North East Somerset

+2.6%vs. previous year
ONS online job adverts · Bath and North East Somerset · Nominal paySources & methodology ↗

ONS median middle-point asking salary from live online job adverts, annualised. This is advertised pay, not employee earnings or ASHE. This salary series is typically about a year behind the hiring figures. ONS publishes this location series for the broader two-digit occupation group, not this specific occupation.

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Skills in demand

Requirements reported in UK adverts for this occupation

ONS · Latest Jan 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS UK new online job adverts. Each advert can report multiple requirements, so shares need not add up to 100%.

Experience employers ask for

Typical minimum: 0.7 years · UK live adverts

#Minimum experienceShare of advertsView
10 years61.5%
21 years22.4%
32 years8.7%
43 years3.4%
54+ years4.0%
ONS · Latest Jun 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS live online job adverts reporting minimum experience. Shares describe the published experience distribution.

Bath and North East Somerset compared with the UK

New adverts in the aligned ONS reporting period

#AreaNew advertsView
1Bath and North East Somerset12
2United Kingdom1,930
ONS · Bath and North East SomersetSources & methodology ↗

Bath and North East Somerset accounts for 0.62% of aligned UK new adverts · Q2 2026.

Where hiring is strongest

New online job adverts by local authority

Where advertised pay is highest

Broader occupation group: Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives

#LocationAnnual salaryView
1Oxford£36,300
2East Suffolk£36,200
3Runnymede£35,400
4Thurrock£35,200
5Tandridge£35,100
6Rother£35,000
7Kettering£34,700
8Mid Suffolk£34,300
9St Albans£34,300
10London£34,300

ONS median annualised asking salary · 2025 · partial year. Published for the broader two-digit SOC group, not this specific occupation.

Compare occupations in the same ONS group (SOC 821) across the UK

#View
1Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers

Large goods vehicle driver · Coal man · Hgv driver — 42.0% of group adverts

10,280-2.1%
2Delivery drivers and couriers

Courier driver · Cit driver · Bank courier — 41.9% of group adverts

10,261+20.3%
3Road transport drivers n.e.c.

Driver · Coal leader · Test driver — 7.6% of group adverts

1,865-4.8%
4Bus and coach drivers

Bus driver · Pcv driver · Bus shunter — 3.6% of group adverts

886+6.4%
5Driving instructors

Driving instructor · Driver trainer · HGV instructor — 2.6% of group adverts

646
6Taxi and cab drivers and chauffeursYou’re viewing this

Cab driver · PCO driver · Taxi owner — 2.3% of group adverts

559-7.5%
ONS · Latest Jul 2026 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS UK new online job adverts. Related occupations share an official classification group. This is not a skills-match score. Year-on-year changes compare aligned published observations.

About the data

Source: Office for National Statistics. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Online job adverts indicate labour demand and are not the ONS Vacancy Survey. ONS does not endorse Jobmundo.

Methodology and metric definitions

New adverts and snapshot/live adverts remain separate. Advertised salary is asking salary, not employee earnings. Hiring charts offer six-month to five-year ranges. Salary charts show up to 60 published observations.