Yes well i suppose realistically employers would be looking at the expected salary and doing their calculations as well. I wouldn't begrudge them for doing that, as every business aims to reduce costs as much as possible. I just hope that they evaluate candidates fairly on factors like attitude, aptitude and so on. If they were to still look for relevant experience, it's basically bringing candidates back to square one because if the candidate has relevant experience, this wouldn't even be called a career switch.