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Market evidence report — transport-planner

Source: 30 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 30), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-20. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

Seniority distribution

Seniority Ads Share
mid 15 50 %
senior 11 37 %
junior 3 10 %
n/a 1 3 %

Tools — full market ranking

# Item Ads Share
1 GIS 8 27 %
2 Synchro 8 27 %
3 HCS 7 23 %
4 Microsoft Excel 7 23 %
5 Microsoft Office 5 17 %
6 Microsoft PowerPoint 5 17 %
7 ArcGIS 4 13 %
8 MicroStation 4 13 %
9 Sidra 4 13 %
10 VISSIM 4 13 %
11 Adobe Creative Suite 3 10 %
12 AutoCAD 3 10 %
13 Microsoft Word 3 10 %

Hard skills — full market ranking

# Item Ads Share
1 transportation planning 14 47 %
2 data analysis 13 43 %
3 project management 6 20 %
4 traffic engineering 6 20 %
5 traffic analysis 5 17 %
6 business development 4 13 %
7 data collection 4 13 %
8 multimodal planning 4 13 %
9 capture planning 3 10 %
10 client relationship management 3 10 %
11 growth strategy 3 10 %
12 market analysis 3 10 %
13 report writing 3 10 %
14 stakeholder engagement 3 10 %
15 technical writing 3 10 %
16 traffic impact studies 3 10 %
17 traffic signal design 3 10 %
18 travel demand forecasting 3 10 %

Methods — full market ranking

# Item Ads Share
1 comprehensive planning 3 10 %
2 multimodal planning 3 10 %

Responsibilities — full market ranking

# Item Ads Share
1 client communication 6 20 %
2 data analysis 5 17 %
3 junior staff mentoring 4 13 %
4 report preparation 4 13 %
5 client relationship building 3 10 %
6 growth strategy execution 3 10 %
7 project management 3 10 %
8 proposal development 3 10 %
9 public engagement 3 10 %

Regional breakdown

Corpus note: 30 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

US (us)

30 ads.

Top hard skills:

  • transportation planning — 47 % (14 ads)
  • data analysis — 43 % (13 ads)
  • project management — 20 % (6 ads)
  • traffic engineering — 20 % (6 ads)
  • traffic analysis — 17 % (5 ads)
  • business development — 13 % (4 ads)
  • data collection — 13 % (4 ads)
  • multimodal planning — 13 % (4 ads)
  • capture planning — 10 % (3 ads)
  • client relationship management — 10 % (3 ads)

Top tools:

  • GIS — 27 % (8 ads)
  • Synchro — 27 % (8 ads)
  • HCS — 23 % (7 ads)
  • Microsoft Excel — 23 % (7 ads)
  • Microsoft Office — 17 % (5 ads)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint — 17 % (5 ads)
  • ArcGIS — 13 % (4 ads)
  • MicroStation — 13 % (4 ads)
  • Sidra — 13 % (4 ads)
  • VISSIM — 13 % (4 ads)

Seniority: mid 50 % · senior 37 % · junior 10 % · n/a 3 %

UK (gb)

Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

Job title variants in the market

Title Ads
Transportation Planner 3
Areawide Growth Leader Transportation Planning 2
Senior Transportation Planner 2
Active Transportation Planner 1
Areawide Growth Leader - Transportation Planning 1
Associate Transportation Planner 1
Entry-Level Traffic Engineer — NYC Design & Planning 1
Experienced Traffic Engineer / Transportation Planner 1
Mid/Senior-level Transportation Planner / Engineer 1
Practice Lead — Transportation Engineering & Planning 1
Senior Multimodal Transportation Planner & Engineer 1
Senior Technical Transportation Engineer 1
Senior Transit Planner - Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) 1
Senior Transportation Planner / Engineer Travel Demand Modeler 1
Senior Transportation Planner/Modeler 1
Senior Transportation/Transportation Engineer; Multimodal/Highway Operations 1
Traffic Analysis Project Engineer 1
Transport Planner — Flexible 5-Hour Days + Benefits 1
Transport Planning & Traffic Engineering Intern 1
Transportation Engineering Intern 1
Transportation Planner / Traffic Engineering Professional 1
Transportation Planner/Engineer 1
Transportation Planner/Engineer 1
Transportation Planning Engineer III 1
Transportation Professional Engineer 1

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.