People live in and around London on all sorts of income. Take all the Aussies that live on £4 / hour bar jobs, you still see them having a great time. London is a great place to live and work, you just have to live to your means. The more you earn the closer to the centre you can afford to live. If you get a house share then it would be more than affordable on that income, depending on how often and where you go out. Ian, now living just outside London.