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Ocupacions

Transport planner

Latest available data: June 2026 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Transportation business change manager Development planning transport planner Highway and drainage engineer Junior transport planner Road traffic planner Senior transport planner Traffic and highway engineer Traffic engineer Traffic planner Transport modeller Transport planner Transport planning development engineer

Transport planners develop and implement policies in order to improve transport systems, taking into account the social, environmental and economic factors. They collect and analyse traffic data using statistical modelling tools.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Planning layout and coordinating development of urban areas;
(b) Compiling and analysing data on economic, legal, political, cultural, demographic, sociological, physical and environmental factors affecting land use;
(c) Conferring with government authorities, communities and specialists in fields such as architecture, planning, social science the environment and the law;
(d) Devising and recommending use and development of land, and presenting narrative and graphic plans, programmes and designs to groups and individuals;
(e) Advising governments, companies and communities on urban and regional planning issues and proposals;
(f) Reviewing and evaluating environmental impact reports;
(g) Planning and coordinating the development of land areas for parks, schools, institutions, airports, roadways and related projects, and for commercial, industrial and residential sites;
(h) Planning and advising on routing and control of road traffic and public transportation systems for efficiency and safety.

Knowledge

  • Management and administration
  • Law
  • Building and civil engineering
  • Transport services
  • Earth sciences

Digital competencies

  • Promoting products, services, or programs
  • Conducting academic or market research
  • Maintaining and enforcing physical security
  • Analysing scientific and medical data
  • Analysing business operations

Digital competencies

  • Using digital tools for collaboration and productivity
  • Analysing and evaluating information and data
  • Using word processing, publishing and presentation software
  • Using computer aided design and drawing tools

Personal competencies

  • Communicating
  • Supporting others
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts

Professional groups of the occupation

Professionals

Science and engineering professionals

Architects, planners, surveyors and designers

Town and traffic planners

Other occupations of the professional group

Related training

Higher education
  • Industrial Organization Engineering Bachelor
  • Civil engineering Bachelor
  • Statistics Bachelor
  • Management and public administration Bachelor

Legend by training level:

Bachelor's degree and Master's degree
HVET: Higher Vocational Education and Training, IVET: Initial Vocational Education and Training, IQP: Initial Qualification Programme
Certificates of professionalism 1, 2, or 3

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Town and traffic planners

453

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

52,07%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-1,78% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

83,72%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

24,50%

Part-time contracts

1,03% Turnover index

70

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-7%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Science and engineering professionals

59%

41%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Science and engineering professionals

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Architects, planners, surveyors and designers

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Town and traffic planners

No experience
1%
Less than 1 year
30%
Between 1 and 2 years
13%
Between 2 and 4 years
27%
Between 4 and 8 years
15%
More than 8 years
14%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
30%
Administrative and support service activities
14%
Transportation and storage
9%
Information and communication
9%
Other service activities
8%
Others
30%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.