HI, Europe:
Your dream job in academia is by no means impossible, but it is by no means certain to come true either.
The current professorate is near or at retirement age. Some positions will be filled. Many other part time and adjunct positions will be available, although it will be hard to put several of them together into one decent job. I do, however, know several people who have worked as adjunct lecturers, done a terrific job, and landed full time lecturer positions.
Here are the real questions:
(1) What is your research field, and is it in specially high demand (e.g. Modern Iraq history)?
(2) Have you made plans to publish your dissertation? Are you presenting your research at conferences? Are you preparing journal articles, or even publishing already?
(3) Do you have any special background achievements (running a student organization; supervising undergraduate research projects, acquiring research or training grants)?
(4) Are you working with a highlyvisible historian who is well networked in the profession and is willing to go to bat for you?
Working in a high demand field, publishing, and showing special ways oif contributing to a department, will place you at an advantage. Having an enthusiastic and highly estemmed major professor will, also.
You may not be able to do much about (1), but it's never too late to start a project in a new area. You can do plenty about (2) and (3).
It will be a buyers market, so you will have to create a competitive advantage for yourself.