At some point,employers have to realize..they want skill X..they are going to have to..pay someone.
AFAIK US and UK employers have been in denial about this for decades.
IIRC US employers were saying "If we train people they'll only leave" to Tom Peters* in the 80's.
4 decades on not much has changed.
*Came across a copy of "In Pursuit of Excellence" recently. Hilarious, given when it was written.