Skilled? They mean people who have a skill to say yes instead using the learned skills. Unfortunately for companies current generations have grown with computers know that it doesn't work, never did, never will.
The current situation has really been created by these companies. When was last time they sent you to a seminar or at least to an users group meeting? Think about it. The CxO's whose own job doesn't really change still believe that IT is something you go to school to learn, same as they did 10-20-30 years ago?
IT has been and is one of the fastest changing field and "public" education alone can never deliver and can never keep up to date enough people who are both educated and have the experience in current IT and technology.
There used to be a time when IT people were treated same as any skilled workers in company, i.e. internal and external education and even training was available, actually required.
Now, who wants to use years to learn a lot of skills and have a position comparable (barely) to a minimum wage desk cleaner? Clean that desk, keep quiet and it is your fault if the day old coffee spill left marks to the table.