Skerrett started his rugby league career with amateur club Oulton Raiders before turning professional in August 1984, joining Hunslet.
While at Bradford, he had a brief spell in Australia during the 1989 NSWRL season, playing for Western Suburbs Magpies alongside fellow Englishmen Ellery Hanley and Garry Schofield.
[10] During the 1991–92 Rugby Football League season, he played for defending champions Wigan as a prop in their 1991 World Club Challenge victory against the visiting Penrith Panthers.
During the 1992–93 Rugby Football League season he played from the bench in Great Britain's loss to Australia in the World Cup Final at Wembley.
[19] After his playing career ended, Skerrett coached at British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA) Oulton Raiders ARLFC.
He was later appointed Head Coach of new amateur rugby league club Methley Royals in 2009,[1] to stand in for Tony Handforth, who had suffered a stroke.