[walshemj]

I think you mean there are "only so many talented British / English developers" who will work for what you want to pay.

Over time a shortage and higher wages will increase the supply - all those cute triplets with triple A levels that the papers like to picture jumping in the air on results day( a common uk trope) will go into engineering instead of the law, medicine or other higher paid and higher status jobs

[CloudNetworking]

Good point, there are other local talent pools that choose more attractive careers, but that is also a limited resource in a 60M country.