nonsensical
"And not because there are not plenty of candidates, but rather because the people that are knocking on their doors and email boxes don't have the skills and experience".... which would mean they have completely unrelated people knocking on their doors?
"Good morning, i am here for the database admin job"
"Do you have any IT experience"
"No, but i thought i would apply anyway"
"So you'd be one of those many candidates we've had without the skill and experience then"
IT salaries seldom reflect experience or skill, they show how low the competition is willing to try and do the work for (out sourcing, IT training camps that offer the earth and dont teach all that much)
... those of us with skills and experience are working else where, in places that have money (so not America then! or increasingly the UK... but here in mainland Europe there are is still some work and some good salaries).
One day IT folk will be valued and not kicked around like a skanky dog, one minute they want our skills and experience then the next they beat us with the "You're job's going to India" stick.
Then its back to the "Oh no we have a skills shortage".
A bit F*** U to gartner and their IT surveys and also to the HR and IT managers that made the cake they are choking on.