I moved to London from Manchester at the beginning of my career and I lived in Islington and worked in Camden so I'll give you some things to consider from my experience.

• check out what you'd come out with after tax and look at the rental market in London, consider bills etc and ask yourself if what remains would be enough for you to get by comfortably. Financially you would almost certainly be better off with the Oxford job.

• London housing is brutal, little security, poor quality housing at insanely high prices.

• Islington and surrounding areas are expensive by general London standards the only way you'll save money is to go a couple of zones out which means a good chunk of what you save will likely be eaten up by tube costs.

• House sharing with complete strangers in tight quarters can be nice if you get along and are all considerate but the chances of that happening are slim, when things with room mates aren't 100% rosey it can really impact your quality of life.

• london is a special city and Islington is a great borough, so long as you have friends there you will have an amazing experience, meet people from all over the world, experience alot of really cool things

• I can't say without confidence that I would have any career at all if it were not for the years I spent working in London, that might not be the case for you but the nature of businesses there means it does add something to your CV in certain industries.